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  • Toxicology

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  • Saturday night retinopathy, a rare condition causing unilateral orbitopathy, ophthalmoplegia, and ischemic retinopathy, results from external orbital compression during drug/alcohol stupor.
  • This entity mirrors orbitopathy seen post-spinal surgery due to headrest-induced orbital compression.
  • The increasing incidence correlates with rising substance use.

Conclusions:

  • External compressive ischemic orbitopathy is a severe, vision-threatening condition.
  • There has been a notable increase in reported cases over the past decade.
  • Substance-induced cases present with more severe visual and ocular complications than surgically induced cases.