Transient bilateral post-operative visual loss in spinal surgery
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A case of bilateral visual loss after spinal cord surgery
Visual loss is a rare but potentially devastating postoperative complication of prone spinal surgery with a reported incidence of 0.017 to 0.1 percent. We present a case of post-operative bilateral visual loss in a patient who had a laminectomy in prone position under general anesthesia. A 17-year-old male patient with large syringomyelia extending from C2 - T2 level had a surgical procedure do...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2117-7