title: Unilateral blindness due to patient positioning during cervical syringomyelia surgery: unilateral blindness after prone position.
abstract: During spinal surgery using a horseshoe headrest with the patient in the prone position, the possibility of central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) increases, and its cause can be attributed primarily to excessive extraocular pressure, a very rare complication. This report describes a case of CRAO, occurring in an adult, after cervical syringomyelia surgery in which a horseshoe headrest was used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bekar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Türeyen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aksoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D016684:Prone Position; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery