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Localized retinal detachment with combined central retinal artery and vein occlusion after retrobulbar anesthesia. Retina 1990;10(4):278-83

Date

01/01/1990

Pubmed ID

2089544

DOI

10.1097/00006982-199010000-00010

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0025613306 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   25 Citations

Abstract

The authors report a patient who was observed to have a localized retinal detachment with combined central retinal artery and vein occlusion after cataract surgery performed with retrobulbar anesthesia. The authors propose that this condition resulted from injection of the anesthetic mixture into the optic nerve. No acute neurologic symptoms occurred, but visual loss was severe and permanent. This case adds to the previously reported spectrum of complications from retrobulbar anesthesia.

Author List

Mieler WF, Bennett SR, Platt LW, Koenig SB

Authors

Lawrence W. Platt MD Associate Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Lawrence W. Platt MD Associate Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of Wisconsin




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

Adult
Anesthesia, Local
Blindness
Cataract Extraction
Female
Humans
Retinal Artery Occlusion
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Hemorrhage
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Tomography, X-Ray Computed