Bilateral transient visual loss and meningeal irritation signs following retrobulbar anesthesia

Bilateral transient visual loss and meningeal irritation signs following retrobulbar anesthesia

A 62-year-old man underwent an uneventful cataract surgery in the left eye following retrobulbar anesthesia. Fifteen minutes after the surgery, the patient had visual loss in his right (unoperated) eye, headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. The bandage on the left (operated) eye was removed and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ustaoglu, Melih, Solmaz, Nilgun, Onder, Feyza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2017-06-01
Series:GMS Ophthalmology Cases
Subjects:
bilateral transient visual loss
meningeal irritation signs
optic nerve sheath penetration
retrobulbar anesthesia
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2017-7/oc000065.shtml

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