Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral neck dissection
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Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral neck dissection
PURPOSE The risk of visual loss after nonocular surgeries is very low, between 0.2% and 4.5%. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, ischemic optic neuropathy has been reported mostly after spinal surgery (54.2%), followed by cardiac surgery and radical neck dissection (13.3%). It may occur in association with some conditions that include systemic hypotension, acute blood loss ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1177-5483
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s8748