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Volume 38, Issue 1, 2023

Online ISSN: 3042-3511

ISSN: 3042-3503

Volume 38 , Issue 1, (2023)

Published: 01.01.2023.

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01.05.2019.

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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in the Treatment of Retrobulbar Neuritis Attacks in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

The aim of this case report was to review the therapeutic effect of therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of retrobulbar neuritis in relation to its side effects, in the absence of the desired therapeutic response to previously applied immunomodulatory therapy, as a justification of therapeutic plasma exchange in the treatment of patients suffering from central nervous system demyelinating diseases. Optic neuritis is an inflammatory optic nerve lesion that may lead to partial or complete loss of vision. Therapeutic plasma exchange was performed on the SPECTRA OPTIA apheresis apparatus, according to a predefined disease diagnosis (RN), which according to the 2016 AFSA criteria belongs to the III category of disease in which apheresis is accepted as the second line of treatment. Three procedures were analyzed and an average of 5050ml of blood was processed. In conclusion, this therapeutic method is absolutely justified, with the appropriate prior preparation of the patient.

Dragoslava Jovanović, Sonja Krmek

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