Localized retinal detachment with combined central retinal artery and vein occlusion after retrobulbar anesthesia. Retina 1990;10(4):278-83
Date
01/01/1990Pubmed ID
2089544DOI
10.1097/00006982-199010000-00010Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0025613306 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 25 CitationsAbstract
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 SBAuthors
Lawrence W. Platt MD Associate Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of WisconsinLawrence 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
AdultAnesthesia, Local
Blindness
Cataract Extraction
Female
Humans
Retinal Artery Occlusion
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Hemorrhage
Retinal Vein Occlusion
Tomography, X-Ray Computed