Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery

PURPOSE: To report a case of acute visual loss after endoscopic spinal surgery. METHODS: A patient was immediately referred to our department after epidural endoscopy with severe bilateral visual impairment and underwent complete ophthalmologic examination. RESULTS: Visual acuity was decreased in bo...

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Autores principales: Moschos, Marilita M, Rouvas, Alexandros, Papaspirou, Alexios, Apostolopoulos, Michael
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668448
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author Moschos, Marilita M
Rouvas, Alexandros
Papaspirou, Alexios
Apostolopoulos, Michael
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Rouvas, Alexandros
Papaspirou, Alexios
Apostolopoulos, Michael
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of acute visual loss after endoscopic spinal surgery. METHODS: A patient was immediately referred to our department after epidural endoscopy with severe bilateral visual impairment and underwent complete ophthalmologic examination. RESULTS: Visual acuity was decreased in both eyes. Fundus examination revealed the presence of retinal and vitreous hemorrhages bilaterally. Four months later, visual acuity increased and the hemorrhages were remarkably resolved. CONCLUSION: The present case represents an extremely rare incidence of intraocular hemorrhage following epiduroscopy.
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spelling pubmed-26998092009-08-10 Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery Moschos, Marilita M Rouvas, Alexandros Papaspirou, Alexios Apostolopoulos, Michael Clin Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of acute visual loss after endoscopic spinal surgery. METHODS: A patient was immediately referred to our department after epidural endoscopy with severe bilateral visual impairment and underwent complete ophthalmologic examination. RESULTS: Visual acuity was decreased in both eyes. Fundus examination revealed the presence of retinal and vitreous hemorrhages bilaterally. Four months later, visual acuity increased and the hemorrhages were remarkably resolved. CONCLUSION: The present case represents an extremely rare incidence of intraocular hemorrhage following epiduroscopy. Dove Medical Press 2008-12 2008-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2699809/ /pubmed/19668448 Text en © 2008 Moschos et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Moschos, Marilita M
Rouvas, Alexandros
Papaspirou, Alexios
Apostolopoulos, Michael
Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title_full Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title_fullStr Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title_full_unstemmed Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title_short Acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
title_sort acute visual loss and intraocular hemorrhages associated with endoscopic spinal surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19668448
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