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Published on: March 12, 2011
Visual impairment after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Adam R Metwalli1, Ryan G Davis, James F Donovan
1Department of Urology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Road, WP3150, Oklahoma City, OK 73106, USA. ametwall@ouhsc.edu
Journal of Endourology
|January 22, 2005
Abstract:
Loss of vision after surgery is rare and has never been reported after a laparoscopic procedure. We describe a case of visual deficits secondary to posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after a laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. The potential etiologies of postoperative visual loss are reviewed, and recommendations for avoiding this complication are discussed.

