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Risk factors associated with ischemic optic neuropathy after spinal fusion surgery. Anesthesiology 2012 Jan;116(1):15-24

Date

12/22/2011

Pubmed ID

22185873

DOI

10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823d012a

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84555196762 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   193 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Perioperative visual loss, a rare but dreaded complication of spinal fusion surgery, is most commonly caused by ischemic optic neuropathy (ION). The authors sought to determine risk factors for ION in this setting.

METHODS: Using a multicenter case-control design, the authors compared 80 adult patients with ION from the American Society of Anesthesiologists Postoperative Visual Loss Registry with 315 adult control subjects without ION after spinal fusion surgery, randomly selected from 17 institutions, and matched by year of surgery. Preexisting medical conditions and perioperative factors were compared between patients and control subjects using stepwise multivariate analysis to assess factors that might predict ION.

RESULTS: After multivariate analysis, risk factors for ION after spinal fusion surgery included male sex (odds ratio [OR] 2.53, 95% CI 1.35-4.91, P = 0.005), obesity (OR 2.83, 95% CI 1.52-5.39, P = 0.001), Wilson frame use (OR 4.30, 95% CI 2.13-8.75, P < 0.001), anesthesia duration (OR per 1 h = 1.39, 95% CI 1.22-1.58, P < 0.001), estimated blood loss (OR per 1 l = 1.34, 95% CI 1.13-1.61, P = 0.001), and colloid as percent of nonblood replacement (OR per 5% = 0.67, 95% CI 0.52-0.82, P < 0.001). After cross-validation, area under the curve = 0.85, sensitivity = 0.79, and specificity = 0.82.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to assess ION risk factors in a large, multicenter case-control fashion with detailed perioperative data. Obesity, male sex, Wilson frame use, longer anesthetic duration, greater estimated blood loss, and decreased percent colloid administration were significantly and independently associated with ION after spinal fusion surgery.

Author List

Postoperative Visual Loss Study Group

Authors

Rachel Budithi MD Associate Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Suneeta Gollapudy MD Associate Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Kathryn K. Lauer MD Vice Chair, Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Anesthesia
Area Under Curve
Blood Loss, Surgical
Blood Substitutes
Case-Control Studies
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity
Odds Ratio
Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
Postoperative Complications
Prone Position
ROC Curve
Registries
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Spinal Fusion