Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning

PURPOSE: To report a case of bilateral ulnar neuropathy as an extraocular complication following retinal detachment surgery and face-down positioning. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Bilateral hypoesthesia and numbness of the 4th and 5th finger started 2 weeks after vitrectomy for retinal detachment...

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Autores principales: Brouzas, Dimitrios, Gourgounis, Nikolaos, Davou, Stavroula, Loukianou, Eleni, Georgalas, Ilias, Koursandrea, Chryssanthi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: August 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000330692
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author Brouzas, Dimitrios
Gourgounis, Nikolaos
Davou, Stavroula
Loukianou, Eleni
Georgalas, Ilias
Koursandrea, Chryssanthi
author_facet Brouzas, Dimitrios
Gourgounis, Nikolaos
Davou, Stavroula
Loukianou, Eleni
Georgalas, Ilias
Koursandrea, Chryssanthi
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of bilateral ulnar neuropathy as an extraocular complication following retinal detachment surgery and face-down positioning. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Bilateral hypoesthesia and numbness of the 4th and 5th finger started 2 weeks after vitrectomy for retinal detachment and face-down positioning. Due to progressive symptoms 6 months later, unilateral ulnar nerve decompression at the elbow was performed. CONCLUSIONS: This case report demonstrates that strict face-down positioning bears the risk of ulnar neuropathy.
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spelling pubmed-31778032011-09-22 Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning Brouzas, Dimitrios Gourgounis, Nikolaos Davou, Stavroula Loukianou, Eleni Georgalas, Ilias Koursandrea, Chryssanthi Case Rep Ophthalmol Published: August 2011 PURPOSE: To report a case of bilateral ulnar neuropathy as an extraocular complication following retinal detachment surgery and face-down positioning. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: Bilateral hypoesthesia and numbness of the 4th and 5th finger started 2 weeks after vitrectomy for retinal detachment and face-down positioning. Due to progressive symptoms 6 months later, unilateral ulnar nerve decompression at the elbow was performed. CONCLUSIONS: This case report demonstrates that strict face-down positioning bears the risk of ulnar neuropathy. S. Karger AG 2011-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3177803/ /pubmed/21941499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000330692 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: August 2011
Brouzas, Dimitrios
Gourgounis, Nikolaos
Davou, Stavroula
Loukianou, Eleni
Georgalas, Ilias
Koursandrea, Chryssanthi
Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title_full Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title_fullStr Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title_full_unstemmed Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title_short Ulnar Neuropathy as a Complication of Retinal Detachment Surgery and Face-Down Positioning
title_sort ulnar neuropathy as a complication of retinal detachment surgery and face-down positioning
topic Published: August 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000330692
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