Perioperative visual loss: what do we know, what can we do?
- 1 December 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 103 (suppl_1), i31-i40
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aep295
Abstract
Perioperative visual loss (POVL), a rare, but devastating complication, can follow non-ocular surgery. Highest rates of visual loss are with cardiac and spine surgery. The main causes of visual loss after non-ocular surgery are retinal vascular occlusion and ischaemic optic neuropathy. This review updates readers on the incidence, suspected risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of POVL due to these conditions.Keywords
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