Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss

Post-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and d...

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Autores principales: Capon, Marie, Boven, Michel Van, van Pesch, Vincent, Hantson, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27601743
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.187800
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Sumario:Post-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and discusses the usefulness of visual evoked potentials monitoring in such situations.

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