Cortical Blindness Following Spinal Surgery: Very Rare Cause of Perioperative Vision Loss.
- Author:
Vijay GONI
1
;
Sujit Kumar TRIPATHY
;
Tarun GOYAL
;
Tajir TAMUK
;
Bijnya Birajita PANDA
;
Shashidhar BK
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Blindness; Prone; Surgery; Spinal injuries; Postoperative vision loss
- MeSH: Adult; Blindness; Blindness, Cortical; Decompression; Eye; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Occipital Lobe; Prone Position; Spinal Injuries; Spine; Vision, Ocular
- From:Asian Spine Journal 2012;6(4):287-290
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A 38-year-old man was operated with posterior spinal decompression and pedicle screw instrumentation for his L2 fracture with incomplete neurological deficit. In the recovery, he complained of blindness in both eyes after twelve hours. Computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance angiography revealed bilateral occipital lobe infarcts. He remained permanently blind even after three years follow-up. Though rare, perioperative vision loss is a potential complication following spine surgery in prone position. We report a rare occurrence of cortical blindness following lumbar spine surgery.
