Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • Case 57 - Perioperativediabetes insipidus

  • from Section I - Neuroanesthesia
  • Edited by George A. Mashour, Ehab Farag
  • Book:
    Case Studies in Neuroanesthesia and Neurocritical Care
    Published online:
    03 May 2011
    Print publication:
    03 February 2011, pp 184-186

  • Summary

    Visual disturbances are known to occur after spine surgery; this chapter describes a case of postoperative diplopia. This chapter presents a case study of a 34-year-old woman presented to the clinic with post-laminectomy kyphosis and subsequently underwent posterior fusion and fixation in the prone position. The patient developed facial edema and reported diplopia on the first postoperative day. Abducens nerve palsy, which causes diplopia without any other neurologic signs, is reported to be the most common cranial nerve palsy. Abducens nerve palsy was reported to be a complication of different procedures such as lumbar puncture, shunt surgery, maxillary osteotomy, cranial trauma, and skull traction. Prone spine cases are associated with postoperative visual disturbances. The present case suggests that diplopia in this context may be a self-limiting process due to sixth nerve stretch after fluid overload.