Viagra, surgery and anesthesia: A dangerous cocktail with a risk of blindness

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 880-882

  Fodale, V ^a   Di Pietro, R ^a   Santamaria, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Rome American Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLINDNESS; BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CIRCULATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANESTHESIA; BLINDNESS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PIPERAZINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURINES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846476261     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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