title: Post-operative bilateral vision loss.
abstract: A 41-year-old man presented with acute bilateral loss of vision upon awakening after elective surgery. After thorough evaluation it was determined that he had suffered bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathies secondary to hypotension while under general anesthesia. One eye showed significant improvement over the next 4 weeks, whereas the other remained unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, Flushing, NY, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Remigio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wertenbaker
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields