Perioperative Visual Loss

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Identifier 20080310_nanos_strokesympos_04.pdf
Title Perioperative Visual Loss
Creator Nancy J. Newman, MD, Emory Eye Center
Subject Perioperative visual loss; Postoperative visual loss; Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Posterior
Description Awaking blind after nonocular surgery under general anesthesia is a catastrophic event for the patient, the surgeon and the anesthesiologist. Although relatively rare, perioperative visual loss has warranted a substantial number of publications in the medical literature and has become an important medical-legal issue.
Date 2008-03-10
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2008 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2008: Stroke Symposium
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/s6fr331z
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Secondary Valerie Biousse, MD; David E. Newman-Toker, MD, PhD
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 180784
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr331z
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