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Purtscher-like retinopathy: A rare complication of peribulbar anesthesia

Purtscher and Purtscher-like retinopathy is a distinctive retinal syndrome characterized by ischemic retinal whitening in a peripapillary pattern. We report a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy in a healthy 64-year-old man after a routine peribulbar anesthetic injection for cataract surgery. Althoug...

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Autores principales: Narendran, Siddharth, Saravanan, V R, Pereira, Merlyn
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/PMC4991182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488158
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.187679