[Temporary blindness after transnasal ethmoidectomy (author's transl)].
A unilateral blindness after transnasal ethmoidectomy was diagnosed postoperatively while the patient was still in theatre. Exploration via an external approach was performed immediately, a haematoma was drained and the posteroir ethmoid artery was cauterized. This led to a recovery of vision. The temporary blindness was probably due to increased intraorbital pressure by the retrobulbar haematoma which led to stretching of and pressure on the optic nerve.
D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000098:blood supply; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D009900:Optic Nerve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*
Temporäre Erblindung nach endonasaler Siebbeinoperation.