Acute postoperative glaucoma after nonocular surgery remains a diagnostic challenge.
Anesthesia may acutely reveal angle-closure glaucoma. This complication is an ophthalmologic emergency. However, symptoms of acute glaucoma may be overlooked or misinterpreted in a sedated or comatose patient, and this may result in delayed treatment. Immediate diagnosis and appropriate treatment should be done to prevent visual loss.
Lentschener
Claude
C
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France. claude.lentschener@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr
Ghimouz
Abdelmalek
A
Bonnichon
Philippe
P
Parc
Christine
C
Ozier
Yves
Y
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013965:Thyroidectomy