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This study investigated the differential impact of these mechanical factors on visual acuity (VA) and visual field (VF) in patients with intraorbital cavernous haemangiomas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective cohort study analysed 130 patients with unilateral intraorbital cavernous haemangiomas. Key imaging parameters were measured from CT\/MRI and categorised into optic nerve elongation, compression (eg, optic-nerve aspect ratio (ONAR)) and orbital crowding (eg, tumour-to-orbit (TO) ratio, tumour mid-position (TMP)). Univariate and multivariate linear regression models were used to correlate these metrics with visual outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Regression analysis revealed two distinct injury mechanisms. Direct compression, best quantified by ONAR, was the strongest predictor for VA decline (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.15, p&lt;0.0001) but correlated weakly with VF loss (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.09, p=0.0015). Conversely, orbital apex crowding (TO-ratio and TMP) correlated more strongly with VF defects (R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.19\u2009and R\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      =0.20, p&lt;0.0001) than with VA. Optic nerve elongation showed no significant correlation with visual dysfunction. The final multivariate model explained 17.68% of the variance in VA and 36.48% in VF.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Visual loss from orbital tumours involves two mechanical pathways: direct compression preferentially impairs central vision (VA), while orbital apex crowding predominantly affects peripheral vision (VF). Imaging metrics like ONAR and TO-ratio can effectively quantify these mechanisms. They may serve as supplementary reference indicators for evaluating visual risk and informing clinical follow-up and surgical consultation, with ONAR indicating risk to central vision and TO-ratio signalling impending field loss.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bjo-2026-329540","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T17:20:18Z","timestamp":1785864018000},"page":"bjo-2026-329540","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Optic nerve compression predicts acuity loss while orbital crowding predicts field defects in patients with early-to-moderate intraorbital cavernous haemangiomas"],"prefix":"10.1136","author":[{"given":"Boyue","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Eye Hospital and School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China"},{"name":"State Key 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