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...
Main Authors: | Anil Kumar, M.S. MCh, Jitender Chaturvedi, MCh, Harsh Deora, MCh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918302421 |
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