Optic Nerve Compression in Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia: The Role and Indications for Decompression

Abstract

Therapeutic optic nerve decompression is advocated in patients with continuous deterioration of vision. Prophylactic decompression, in contrast, is not advised to be performed as a primary surgical procedure but as a procedure secondary to excision of lesion in the anterior skull base during the same operation.