"It is this crushing or compression of the spinal cord that causes the nerve fibers to develop holes in their membranes, which ultimately leads to cell death and separation of the nerve fiber within ...
PAES can be further classified by anatomical type (I–VI, table 1). It may exist alone or in combination with popliteal vein and/or tibial nerve compression as part of popliteal entrapment syndrome.
suggesting that mechanical compression is unlikely to be the sole cause of optic nerve damage. Clinical studies have emphasised the role of other factors, such as optic nerve head ischaemia ...