title: Transient exotropia after posterior spinal fusion in a child: a new case.
abstract: Ocular complications after spinal surgery are rare, although ischemic optic neuropathy, occipital lobe infarcts, and central retinal vein thrombosis have been reported. Our purpose is to report a case of an acute, comitant, postoperative exotropia that rapidly and spontaneously resolved. This case is particularly interesting in that it may indirectly shed some light on mechanisms of vergence control.
authors.affiliation: Children's Vision Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choremis
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arlet
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bashour
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dube
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koenekoop
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005099:Exotropia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors