Vision disturbances after operative hysteroscopy.
Vision disturbance after transurethral resection of the prostate using glycine (1.5% aminoacetic acid) as the irrigating fluid is well known (TURP syndrome). Not so commonly seen or reported is transient blindness after operative hysteroscopy with glycine. It occurred in a 38-year-old woman who underwent hysteroscopic myomectomy and endometrial resection in which the distention medium was glycine. (J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 6(2):213-215, 1999)
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