• J Fr Ophtalmol · Mar 2012

    Case Reports

    [Visual loss after spine surgery. Imaging findings].

    • R Ben Khelifa El Moncer, A Daghfous, S Felah, M Maarouf, K Baklouti, and L Rezgui-Marhoul.
    • Service d'imagerie médicale, centre de traumatologie et des grands brûlés, Ben Arous, Tunis, Tunisie. raoudha.benkhelifa@rns.tn
    • J Fr Ophtalmol. 2012 Mar 1;35(3):189.e1-4.

    AbstractPostoperative visual loss is a rare but disastrous complication that can be observed after spinal surgery. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman involved in a traffic accident that caused trauma to the cervical spine causing right hemiplegia, who underwent a prolonged spinal operation in the prone position and complained of monocular blindness 1 day postoperatively. The ophthalmologic examination showed no involvement of the ocular globe. The orbitocerebral MRI showed definite diagnostic arguments for orbital vascular injury. The symptoms did not completely disappear after 1 year of treatment. We consider the potential etiological factors contributing to this unilateral postoperative visual loss and suggest strategies to reduce the incidence of this complication in spinal surgery.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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