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KMID : 1189320120060040287
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Asian Spine Journal
2012 Volume.6 No. 4 p.287 ~ p.290
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Cortical Blindness Following Spinal Surgery: Very Rare Cause of Perioperative Vision Loss
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Goni Vijay
Tripathy Sujit Kumar
Goyal Tarun
Tamuk Tajir
Panda Bijnya Birajita
Shashidhar B. K.
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Blindness, Prone, Surgery, Spinal injuries, Postoperative vision loss
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