Ischemic Optic Neuropathy After Carotid Body Tumor Resection

Ozkiri M., Akin I., Ozkiri A., Adam M., Saydam L.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.25, sa.1, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3182a306cc
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Incidence estimates for postoperative vision loss after nonocular surgery range from 0.013% for all surgeries up to 0.2% following spine surgery. The most common neuro-ophthalmologic causes of postoperative vision loss are the ischemic optic neuropathies (IONs), either anterior or posterior.