ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2010
Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral neck dissection.
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- The Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Dialysis-Associated Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2025Review
- Amaurosis Post-Bilateral Neck Dissection: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Blindness following bilateral neck dissection. A case report and review of the literature.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Surgical errors and risks - the head and neck cancer patient.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2013Review
- Diffusion MR imaging of postoperative bilateral acute ischemic optic neuropathy.Korean journal of radiologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe risk of visual loss after nonocular surgeries is very low, between 0.2% and 4.5%. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, ischemic optic neuropathy has been reported mostly after spinal surgery (54.2%), followed by cardiac surgery and radical neck dissection (13.3%). It may occur in association with some conditions that include systemic hypotension, acute blood loss and hypovolemia. CASE REPORT: A 46-year-old woman, whose diagnosis was laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, complained of visual loss in her right eye two days after surgery (laryngectomy with bilateral radical neck dissection and left jugular ligature) and one day later in her left eye. The diagnosis was nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
conclusionAnterior ischemic optic neuropathy related to nonocular surgery is usually bilateral and its prognosis is very poor, resulting in blindness or severe visual loss. Although rare, patients should be warned about this complication, which has a profound impact on quality of life, since no therapeutic measure, including correction of hypotension and anemia, seems to improve the prognosis of this complication.
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