Bilateral Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Following Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

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Identifier 20070213_nanos_posters_070.pdf
Title Bilateral Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Following Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Creator Eric Weber; Marcus Colyer; Prem Subramanian
Affiliation Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Subject Posterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy; Prostatectomy; TUR Syndrome; Spinal Surgery; Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Description Permanent vision loss following prostate surgery is extremely rare, and only anterior ischemic optic neuropathy has been reported. A case is presented of a patient who developed bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION) immediately following a DaVinci-assisted (robotic) laparoscopic radical prostatectomy that was complicated by perioperative hypotension and hemodilution requiring transfusion.
Date 2007-02-13
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2007 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2007: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6cr90tp
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181396
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cr90tp
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