Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication

Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication

Visual loss following spinal surgery is a potentially devastating and rare complication. Spinal surgery is the leading cause of POVL. Although the etiology of POVL is not clearly understood, multiple risk factors have been proposed. The horseshoe is no longer an appropriate device for prone spinal s...

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Main Authors: Anil Kumar, M.S. MCh, Jitender Chaturvedi, MCh, Harsh Deora, MCh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302421
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spelling doaj-e4cdd59dc8c14a3b9005663ce02355162020-11-25T01:57:48ZengElsevierInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery2214-75192019-09-01176668Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complicationAnil Kumar, M.S. MCh0Jitender Chaturvedi, MCh1Harsh Deora, MCh2Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492099, India; Corresponding author.Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttrakhand 249203, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226015, IndiaVisual loss following spinal surgery is a potentially devastating and rare complication. Spinal surgery is the leading cause of POVL. Although the etiology of POVL is not clearly understood, multiple risk factors have been proposed. The horseshoe is no longer an appropriate device for prone spinal surgery and its use should not be supported. Awareness, evaluation and timely management of this rare devastating complication is crucial. It is advisable to inform high-risk patients that there is a small, unpredictable risk of perioperative visual loss. We discuss a case of 32 year old lady; who had experienced unexpected visual loss after elective spine surgery. Keywords: Visual loss, Spinal surgery, Ischemic optic neuropathyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302421
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Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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title Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
title_short Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
title_full Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
title_fullStr Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral visual loss after spine surgery: Lesson to be learnt from unexpected devastating complication
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series Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
issn 2214-7519
publishDate 2019-09-01
description Visual loss following spinal surgery is a potentially devastating and rare complication. Spinal surgery is the leading cause of POVL. Although the etiology of POVL is not clearly understood, multiple risk factors have been proposed. The horseshoe is no longer an appropriate device for prone spinal surgery and its use should not be supported. Awareness, evaluation and timely management of this rare devastating complication is crucial. It is advisable to inform high-risk patients that there is a small, unpredictable risk of perioperative visual loss. We discuss a case of 32 year old lady; who had experienced unexpected visual loss after elective spine surgery. Keywords: Visual loss, Spinal surgery, Ischemic optic neuropathy
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302421
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