# Optic nerve decompression surgery for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is not effective and may be harmful. The Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Decompression Trial Research Group

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/optic-nerve-decompression-surgery-for-nonarteritic-anterior-ischemic-optic/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Kay Dickersin,Donald F. Everett,Steven E. Feldon,Frank J. Hooper,David W. Kaufman,Michael J. Elman,Patricia Langenberg,Nancy J. Newman,P. David Wilson,Z. Suzanne Zam,John S. Kennerdell,Anna Tyutyunikov,Russell Edwards,Todd Goodglick,Deborah Lang,Kimberly A. Peele,Sophia M. Chung,Diana Mekelburg,John B. Holds,John B. Selhorst,Mark L. Malton,Sonia Armstrong,Yvonne McCracken,Eugene Benjamin,C Dellinger,Traci Hunter Medlin,Barbara Kinsler,Mike McOwen,Donna Russell,Timothy Saunders,Gregory S. Kosmorsky,Tina Kiss,Cate Reinhard,Laura De Venne,Janet Edgerton,Tami Fecko,Susannah Hanson,Brian Kraus,D.A. Ross,Nancy Tomsak,Pamela Vargo,Rufus Willis,Kerry Zimmerman,Kristin Anderson,Richard Cortez,Karen DeBlanc,J E Hulse,Ronald B. Morales,Tracy R. Nichols,Lillian Reyes,Nadine Rodarte-Ochoa,Daniel Romo,Alfredo A. Sadun,Mary Steber,Frances Walonker,Donna N. Loupe,Diana S. Coffman,Harvey Cole,Ted H. Wojno,Barry Skarf,Colleen Wojtala,Mark Croswell,Wendy Gilroy,Christian Mageli,Dena McDonald,George Ponka,Rosa A. Tang,Melissa Hamlin,Jewel Curtis,J Forman,Kenneth Hyde,Kirk Mack,Portia Tello,Anthony C. Arnold,Berniee Cibener,Melody Acero,Bobbi Ballenberg,Anne Bolton,Robert A. Goldberg,Lynn K. Gordon,Michael A. Heneghan,Howard Krauss,Jackie Sanguinei,Robert Stalling,Jenja Yadegaran,Wayne T. Cornblath,Barbara Michael,Donna M. Campbell,Cheryl Caudill,Christine C. Nelson,Jonathan D. Trobe,Lenworth N. Johnson,Gaye Baker,Coy Cobb,Philip L. Custer,S. Derek Turner,Roy Wilson,Brian R. Younge,Jacqueline A. Leavitt,Rebecca Nielsen |
| Citations | 95 |
| DOI | 10.1001/jama.273.8.625 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W4246884203 |
| PMID | 7844872 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1995 |

## Paper authors

- [Lucy Howard](https://scholariq.org/researchers/lucy-howard/)

## Paper journal

- [JAMA](https://scholariq.org/journals/jama/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects](https://scholariq.org/topics/intraoperative-neuromonitoring-and-anesthetic-effects/)

## Paper topics

- [Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects](https://scholariq.org/topics/intraoperative-neuromonitoring-and-anesthetic-effects/)
- [Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications](https://scholariq.org/topics/intracranial-aneurysms-treatment-and-complications/)
- [Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/spinal-fractures-and-fixation-techniques/)

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