Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy following bilateral radical dissection of cervical lymph nodes

Iwona Obuchowska; Zofia Mariak; Radosław Budrowski

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Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica

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abstract:

Case report

Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy following bilateral radical dissection of cervical lymph nodes

Iwona Obuchowska

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,

Zofia Mariak

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,

Radosław Budrowski

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Z Kliniki Okulistyki Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku

Online publish date: 2010/03/21

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Visual loss is a rare and potentially devastating complication of surgery under general anesthesia. We present a case of blindness after simultaneous bilateral neck dissection and discuss the perioperative circumstances and the possible causes. We also compare and contrast other such cases described in the literature and remind the clinical criteria for the diagnosis of perioperative type of posterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

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Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy following bilateral radical dissection of cervical lymph nodes

Iwona Obuchowska 1 , Zofia Mariak 1 , Radosław Budrowski 1

posterior ischemic optic neuropathy, radical neck dissection

Iwona Obuchowska

¹

,

Zofia Mariak

¹

,

Radosław Budrowski

¹