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Minimally Invasive Surgical Decompression of Occipital Nerves
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Unilateral postoperative visual loss due to central retinal artery occlusion following cervical spine surgery in
Dhiraj Nakra1, Indu Bala, Monica Pratap
1Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. dhirajnakra@rediffmail.com
Paediatric Anaesthesia
|June 29, 2007
Abstract:
Postoperative visual loss following spinal surgery is a rare complication. Although a number of intraoperative and postoperative factors have been implicated exact etiology still may remain unclear. We report a case of unilateral postoperative visual loss in a patient who had undergone prolonged spine surgery in a prone position.
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