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Case Reports
Monocular blindness: a complication of intraoperative positioning in posterior cervical spine surgery.
- V B Kasodekar and J L T Chen.
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore. kasodekarvaibhav@hotmail.com
- Singap Med J. 2006 Jul 1; 47 (7): 631-3.
AbstractPostoperative visual loss after spine surgery is a rare but devastating complication. Although uncommon, reports of postoperative blindness are documented in spine and cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries with an incidence varying between 0.05 percent and one percent. A 62-year-old man presenting with cervical myelopathy underwent C3-C6 posterior laminectomy, decompression and lateral mass plating. Unfortunately, he developed unilateral blindness in his right eye. The potential aetiological factors and ways to prevent this disastrous complication are discussed.
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