Complications of general anesthesia using nitrous oxide in eyes with preexisting gas bubbles

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Fu, Arthur D ^a   McDonald, H Richard ^a   Eliott, Dean ^a   Fuller, Dwain G ^a   Halperin, Lawrence S ^a   Ramsay, Robert C ^a   Johnson, Robert N ^a   Ai, Everett ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036796159     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200210000-00006     Document Type: Article

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