Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma

Postoperative visual loss is a dreaded complication following transcranial excision of tuberculum sella meningioma. Visual deterioration is commonly noticed immediately after surgery, and delayed deterioration after 72 h is uncommon. We report a case of delayed postoperative deterioration in a 48-ye...

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Autores principales: Menon, Sudha, Menon, Girish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29204041
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_258_17
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spelling pubmed-57099042017-12-04 Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma Menon, Sudha Menon, Girish J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Postoperative visual loss is a dreaded complication following transcranial excision of tuberculum sella meningioma. Visual deterioration is commonly noticed immediately after surgery, and delayed deterioration after 72 h is uncommon. We report a case of delayed postoperative deterioration in a 48-year-old female and discuss the possible mechanisms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5709904/ /pubmed/29204041 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_258_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 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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title_full Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma
title_fullStr Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma
title_full_unstemmed Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma
title_short Delayed Visual Loss Following Transcranial Surgery for Tuberculum Sella Meningioma
title_sort delayed visual loss following transcranial surgery for tuberculum sella meningioma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709904/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_258_17
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