Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

Pioneering research by the UAB Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences into retinal disorders ... neuro-ophthalmic diseases such as papilledema and non-glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

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Making a diagnosis of TON in this setting requires a judgement regarding the severity the ocular pathology present and whether it accounts for all the visual loss.