Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss

Post-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and d...

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Main Authors: Marie Capon, Michel Van Boven, Vincent van Pesch, Philippe Hantson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2016;volume=60;issue=8;spage=590;epage=593;aulast=Capon
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spelling doaj-c681e31835d34289bf1c1bc6cc4021ba2020-11-24T20:47:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50492016-01-0160859059310.4103/0019-5049.187800Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual lossMarie CaponMichel Van BovenVincent van PeschPhilippe HantsonPost-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and discusses the usefulness of visual evoked potentials monitoring in such situations.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2016;volume=60;issue=8;spage=590;epage=593;aulast=CaponBlood pressure autoregulationevoked potentialsneurosurgeryperi-operative visual lossprone position
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author Marie Capon
Michel Van Boven
Vincent van Pesch
Philippe Hantson
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Michel Van Boven
Vincent van Pesch
Philippe Hantson
Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Blood pressure autoregulation
evoked potentials
neurosurgery
peri-operative visual loss
prone position
author_facet Marie Capon
Michel Van Boven
Vincent van Pesch
Philippe Hantson
author_sort Marie Capon
title Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
title_short Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
title_full Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
title_fullStr Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
title_full_unstemmed Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
title_sort visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
issn 0019-5049
publishDate 2016-01-01
description Post-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and discusses the usefulness of visual evoked potentials monitoring in such situations.
topic Blood pressure autoregulation
evoked potentials
neurosurgery
peri-operative visual loss
prone position
url http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2016;volume=60;issue=8;spage=590;epage=593;aulast=Capon
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