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Sudden blindness after thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglion
1Department of Ophthalmology, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv University Medical School, Israel.
Annals of Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Sudden blindness during percutaneous thermocoagulation of the gasserian ganglion occurred in a 72-year-old woman with trigeminal neuralgia. Considered a safe procedure, we highlight the possibility of this serious complication which was probably due to direct damage of the optic nerve.