Postoperative visual loss following prone spinal surgery
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Postoperative visual loss following prone spinal surgery.
Postoperative visual loss is a rare but disastrous complication that has an estimated incidence of 0.01-1% after non-ocular surgery. We report a patient who underwent a prolonged spinal operation in the prone position and complained of blindness in one eye postoperatively. We consider the potential aetiological factors contributing to this unilateral postoperative visual loss and suggest strate...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei606