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Dilated superior ophthalmic veins and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after prolonged spine surgery.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2008, Volume 28, Issue 4
Date 2008-12
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225764
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs1z7n

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Title Dilated superior ophthalmic veins and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after prolonged spine surgery.
Creator Reddy, Ashvini; Rod Foroozan, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine; Edmond, Jane C; Hinckley, Lisa K
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas, USA.
Abstract A 55-year-old man developed bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after prolonged prone position lumbar laminectomy. Brain MRI performed 19 hours after the procedure revealed markedly dilated superior ophthalmic veins, a finding that had disappeared on a comparable study performed 5 months later. This first report of dilated superior ophthalmic veins present in the immediate postoperative period but not later may be important in suggesting that an increase in orbital venous pressure during surgery contributes to the development of postoperative posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (PION).
Subject Brain Ischemia; Dilatation, Pathologic; Eye; Humans; Intracranial Hypertension; Laminectomy; Lumbar Vertebrae; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Older people; Optic Disk; Optic Nerve; Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic; Postoperative Complications; Prone Position; Vasodilation; Veins; Vision, Low
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 225754
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bs1z7n/225754