Bilateral Blindness due to Ischemic Optic Nerve Neuropathy After Abdominal Surgery. Issue 4 (15th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Geis, Alexander B. U.; Höfert, Anke; Silvanus, Marie-Therese; Bornfeld, Norbert; Peters, Jürgen
• Is Part Of: A & A case reports. Volume 5:Issue 4(2015:Apr.)
• Publication Date: 2015-08-15
• Subjects: Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; Anesthesiology; Analgesia; Anesthesiology; Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000177
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2325-7237

Abstract

Abstract : Postoperative blindness is an unpredictable, devastating, and yet not-uncommon complication of anesthesia. We present the case of a patient who suffered bilateral loss of eyesight after surgery. The diagnostic evidence led us to believe that it was bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy; however, the true mechanisms of damage remain a matter of speculation.