A report of 2 patients with transient blindness following Le Fort I osteotomy and a review of past reported cases

A report of 2 patients with transient blindness following Le Fort I osteotomy and a review of past reported cases

Blindness following a LeFort I osteotomy is a rare but extremely serious complication. Ten cases have been reported to date. None of these patients recovered vision. Optic neuropathy is believed to be the cause but the exact mechanism has not been settled. We report the first, and the only two, docu...

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Main Authors: Philip Mathew, Hirji Sorab Adenwalla, Puthucode V Narayanan, Emily Nyamu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
blindness
complications
hypotensive anaesthesia
lefort i osteotomy
maxillary regression
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.173129

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