Raised intraocular pressure (IOP) and perioperative visual loss in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: A catastrophe waiting to happen? A systematic review of evidence from other surgical specialities

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-335

  Pinkney, T D ^a   King, A J ^a   Walter, C ^a   Wilson, T R ^a   Maxwell Armstrong, C ^a   Acheson, A G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Laparoscopic surgery; Patient positioning; Perioperative visual loss

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JACKKNIFE POSITION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; COLONIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTAL DISEASES;

EID: 84869472349     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: 1128045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-012-0879-5     Document Type: Review

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