Visual loss after spine surgery.
case_report · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 22345817.
- Also identified by DOI 10.4103/0019-5413.91645 and PMC identifier 3270594.
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Abstract
Incidence of perioperative visual loss ranges from 0.06% to 0.2% with the most common cause as ischemic optic neuropathy. We report one-year follow up of a 50-years-old hypertensive housewife who underwent lumbar decompression and fusion for degenerative scoliosis, but woke up with painless unilateral visual loss. Fundus examination was normal. Her visual acuity improved from initial finger counting close to face to finger counting at 3 m at 1 year. Identification of high risk patients may help in appropriate preoperative counselling, prevention and early recognition of this devastating complication.