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Impact of Diplopia and Ptosis From Lingering Third Nerve Palsy After Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysms.
Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology : the Official Journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2023 December 13
BACKGROUND: Third nerve palsies (TNPs) may not resolve after intervention for intracranial aneurysms that have compressed the nerve. The disability related to this lingering condition has not been assessed with the support of patient self-report.
METHODS: A single-institutional retrospective study of patients with TNP who had undergone interventions for intracranial aneurysms. We used residual primary-position diplopia, a narrow zone of single binocular vision, and vision-obscuring ptosis to divide TNP recovery into complete, incomplete nondisabling, and incomplete disabling outcomes based on medical record documentation and patient self-report derived from telephonic interviews.
RESULTS: In a cohort of 33 patients, 13 (39%) had complete TNP recovery. There were 11 patients (33%) with lingering visual disability from diplopia or ptosis present before ophthalmic interventions. Of the 6 patients who underwent ophthalmic interventions, visual disability was relieved in only 2 patients, leaving 9 patients (27%) with lingering impairment in instrumental activities of daily living. Telephonic interviews of 23 patients (70% of the cohort) confirmed that the outcome criteria we applied were accurate in assessing visual disability in 17 patients (74%). Univariate analysis using the Fisher exact test showed that aneurysmal clipping as a treatment modality was the only clinical feature associated with a favorable TNP outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: In applying a novel method of assessing disability, this study showed that more than one-quarter of patients undergoing procedures for brain aneurysms had lingering disability from third nerve palsy-associated diplopia or ptosis, despite later ophthalmic interventions. Patient self-report gleaned from telephonic interviews was valuable in largely validating the assessment method derived from medical records and in revealing differences between physician and patient estimation of disability.
METHODS: A single-institutional retrospective study of patients with TNP who had undergone interventions for intracranial aneurysms. We used residual primary-position diplopia, a narrow zone of single binocular vision, and vision-obscuring ptosis to divide TNP recovery into complete, incomplete nondisabling, and incomplete disabling outcomes based on medical record documentation and patient self-report derived from telephonic interviews.
RESULTS: In a cohort of 33 patients, 13 (39%) had complete TNP recovery. There were 11 patients (33%) with lingering visual disability from diplopia or ptosis present before ophthalmic interventions. Of the 6 patients who underwent ophthalmic interventions, visual disability was relieved in only 2 patients, leaving 9 patients (27%) with lingering impairment in instrumental activities of daily living. Telephonic interviews of 23 patients (70% of the cohort) confirmed that the outcome criteria we applied were accurate in assessing visual disability in 17 patients (74%). Univariate analysis using the Fisher exact test showed that aneurysmal clipping as a treatment modality was the only clinical feature associated with a favorable TNP outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: In applying a novel method of assessing disability, this study showed that more than one-quarter of patients undergoing procedures for brain aneurysms had lingering disability from third nerve palsy-associated diplopia or ptosis, despite later ophthalmic interventions. Patient self-report gleaned from telephonic interviews was valuable in largely validating the assessment method derived from medical records and in revealing differences between physician and patient estimation of disability.
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