Ophthalmic complications after spinal surgery

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1319-1324

  Stevens, William R ^a,b,c,d,e   Kelley, Scott D ^a   Lietman, Thomas M ^a   Bradford, David S ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Paul A Glazer   (United States)

^c Department Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e FI Proctor Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Hypotension; Spine surgery; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030994128     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706150-00008     Document Type: Article

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