A Case of Transient Visual Disturbance and Ocular Paresis after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

• Main Authors: Ji Soo Lee, Jeong Hwan Yang, Joong Seob Lee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korean Rhinologic Society 2020-05-01
• Series: Journal of Rhinology
• Subjects: sinusitis; postoperative complication; local anesthetics
• Online Access: http://www.j-rhinology.org/upload/pdf/jr-2019-00304.pdf

Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is widely used as standard surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis. Orbital complications of varying degrees occurred during ESS have been widely reported. If the orbital symptoms occurred immediately after surgery, ocular damage associated with surgery is suspected if the patient’s preoperative ocular function was patent. If immediate action is not taken, permanent visual loss might develop, so it is very important to diagnose orbital complications and take appropriate action. In our case, there was no definite intraorbital hemorrhage when sudden visual loss was noted. The symptoms were fully recovered without further treatment and it is clinically suspected to be caused by transient ocular muscle toxicity of local anesthetics.