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- Title
Visual loss after spine surgery.
- Authors
Mohan, Kapil; Rawall, Saurabh; Nene, Abhay
- Abstract
Incidence of perioperative visual loss ranges from 0.06% to 0.2% with the most common cause as ischemic optic neuropathy. We report one-year follow up of a 50-years-old hypertensive housewife who underwent lumbar decompression and fusion for degenerative scoliosis, but woke up with painless unilateral visual loss. Fundus examination was normal. Her visual acuity improved from initial finger counting close to face to finger counting at 3 m at 1 year. Identification of high risk patients may help in appropriate preoperative counselling, prevention and early recognition of this devastating complication.
- Publication
Indian journal of orthopaedics, 2012, Vol 46, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
1998-3727
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.4103/0019-5413.91645