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Central retinal artery occlusion after spinal surgery
- Source :
- European spine journal
- Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- Central retinal artery occlusion can be caused by excessive extrinsic pressure on the eyeball during surgery. It is a rare and severe complication after elective spinal surgery. The authors report a case of central retinal artery occlusion in an adult after posterior lumbar spinal fusion in which a rectangular headrest was used.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sacrum
medicine.medical_specialty
Central retinal artery
Retinal Artery Occlusion
Surgical Equipment
Postoperative Complications
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Severe complication
Lumbar Vertebrae
business.industry
medicine.disease
Spinal surgery
Surgery
Spinal Fusion
Central retinal artery occlusion
Neurosurgery
Human medicine
Complication
business
Intervertebral Disc Displacement
Lumbar spinal fusion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09406719
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European spine journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b8aa3a5372e0583d182ed285ff9289d