Abstract
Missing the 'window' might shut the light forever: Central retinal artery occlusion following spine surgery.
Highlights
Various pathophysiologic mechanisms have been proposed for the cause of visual loss and risk factors associated with it.[1]
We present a case with unilateral visual loss due to central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) after surgery in prone position that was detected a few hours after surgery and improved only partially
Three hours later when patient recovered from sedative effect, he complained of complete vision loss in the right eye
Summary
Dear Editor, The occurrence of postoperative visual loss (POVL) after spine surgery in prone position, rare, has been described.[1,6,7] Various pathophysiologic mechanisms have been proposed for the cause of visual loss and risk factors associated with it.[1]. Missing the ‘window’ might shut the light forever: Central retinal artery occlusion following spine surgery Harsimrat Bir Singh Sodhi, Pravin Salunke, Savleen Kaur1, Ramandeep Singh1
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