Monocular blindness: A complication of intraoperative positioning in posterior cervical spine surgery

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 631-633

  Kasodekar, Vaibhav Balchandra ^a,b   Chen, J L T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b B 903 Krishna Galaxy ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cervical spine surgery; Monocular blindness; Postoperative blindness; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THROMBOCYTOSIS; UNILATERAL BLINDNESS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BLINDNESS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33745890628     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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