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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Unilateral Vision Loss after a Dental Visit.

Mohammed H Khattab, Annette Wiegand, Marcus Storch, Hans Hoerauf, Nicolas Feltgen

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammed H KhattabDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Annette WiegandDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Marcus StorchDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Hans HoeraufDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Nicolas FeltgenDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intraoral local anesthetics are widely used for performing painless dental treatments; however, in some cases, they may cause ocular complications such as meiosis, diplopia, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, and amaurosis. Mostly, the symptoms disappear after several hours; rarely, they have a prolonged character. We describe the case of a 38-year-old young man who had reduced vision in the left eye 5 days after having received intraoral local anesthesia. A diagnosis of cilioretinal artery occlusion with optic disc swelling was made. Ten weeks later, the patient's visual acuity had increased to 20/20, and the swelling of the optic disc had subsided. Although various possible mechanisms for ocular complications after intraoral local anesthetic administration were suggested in the literature, the exact etiology remains unclear. In this case, inadvertent intravascular injection is believed to be the cause.

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Cilioretinal arteryEpinephrineIntraoral local anesthesiaOcular complications

Identifiers

PMID29681838
PMCPMC5903094
OpenAlexW2794253458

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