Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ben Khelifa El Moncer, R
• Daghfous, A
• Felah, S
• Maarouf, M
• Baklouti, K
• Rezgui-Marhoul, L

Titel

Visual loss after spine surgery. Imaging findings

Ist Teil von

• Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 2012-03, Vol.35 (3), p.189.e1

Ort / Verlag

France

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Postoperative 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.