Spontaneous retrobulbar haemorrhage following anaesthesia

Spontaneous retrobulbar haemorrhage in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Sousa FC, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-223028 Description An 81-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of intense and active subconjunctival haemorrhage, eyelid ecchymosis and proptosis of the right eye (optic disc, OD) with 1 hour of evolution (figure 1). The patient indicated no related pain, headache or recent head trauma. He referred to...

Cranial nerve palsy following retrobulbar anaesthesia.

Visual recovery following emergent orbital decompression in traumatic retrobulbar haemorrhage.

INTRODUCTION Acute retrobulbar haemorrhage is a potentially sight-threatening condition, and can follow retrobulbar anaesthesia or trauma to the orbit. Acute loss of vision can occur with retrobulbar haemorrhage and is reversible if the condition is recognised and treated early. CLINICAL PICTURE We report a case of acute retrobulbar haemorrhage following orbital trauma in a 78-year-old Chines...

[III cranial nerve palsy and brainstem disfunction following retrobulbar anaesthesia].

There are currently various techniques of locoregional anaesthesia used in cataract surgery. One such technique, described by Knapp in 1884, is retrobulbar anaesthesia, which is currently applied in certain cases of outpatient eye surgery. At present, the most commonly used technique in the treatment of cataract is phacoemulsification with laser. This is very useful in cases of soft cataract, w...

Effect of retrobulbar versus subconjunctival anaesthesia on retrobulbar haemodynamics.

AIM To investigate the effect of retrobulbar and subconjunctival anaesthesia on retrobulbar haemodynamics by colour Doppler imaging. METHOD 39 patients (mean age 71 (SD 9) years; 19 females, 20 males) undergoing planned cataract surgery were included in the prospective study. Colour Doppler imaging (Siemens Sonoline Sienna, Germany) was performed before, directly after either subconjunctival ...