Eye injuries after nonocular surgery: A study of 60,965 anesthetics from 1988 to 1992

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1020-1027

  Roth, Steven ^a,c   Thisted, Ronald A ^a   Erickson, John P ^a   Black, Susan ^a,b   Schreider, Bruce D ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, complications: blindness; corneal abrasion; Eye: trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY POSITION; CORNEA EROSION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029970895     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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