Changes in intraocular pressure due to surgical positioning: Studying potential risk for postoperative vision loss

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2591-2595

  Walick, Kristina S ^a,c   Kragh, John E ^b   Ward, John A ^c   Crawford, John J ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Clinical Investigation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Postoperative vision loss; Prone Trendelenburg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 35848967549     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318158cc23     Document Type: Article

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