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Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery

Postoperative visual loss (POVL) is an unpredictable complication of nonocular surgeries. Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is particularly feared in spinal surgeries in the prone position. We report a rare case of PION occurring after surgery for a pterional meningioma and discuss the vari...

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Autores principales: Maramattom, Boby Varkey, Sundar, Shyam, Thomas, Dalvin, Panikar, Dilip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27570391
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.186826
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author Maramattom, Boby Varkey
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description Postoperative visual loss (POVL) is an unpredictable complication of nonocular surgeries. Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is particularly feared in spinal surgeries in the prone position. We report a rare case of PION occurring after surgery for a pterional meningioma and discuss the various factors implicated in POVL.
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spelling pubmed-49809622016-08-26 Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery Maramattom, Boby Varkey Sundar, Shyam Thomas, Dalvin Panikar, Dilip Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Postoperative visual loss (POVL) is an unpredictable complication of nonocular surgeries. Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) is particularly feared in spinal surgeries in the prone position. We report a rare case of PION occurring after surgery for a pterional meningioma and discuss the various factors implicated in POVL. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4980962/ /pubmed/27570391 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.186826 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Maramattom, Boby Varkey
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Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title_full Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title_fullStr Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title_short Postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) following right pterional meningioma surgery
title_sort postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (pion) following right pterional meningioma surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980962/
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