Ipsilateral globe penetration and transient contralateral amaurosis following retrobulbar anesthesia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-252

  Lau, Ling Ing ^a   Lin, Po Kang ^a,b,c   Hsu, Wen Ming ^a   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICYCLOVERINE; HEPARIN; HYALURONIDASE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LIGHT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPTIC DISK; PARACENTESIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0037307811     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01943-8     Document Type: Article

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