Unilateral blindness following septoplasty.
Visual loss following routine nasal surgery is an extremely rare and devastating complication. We report a case of unilateral blindness due to orbital apex syndrome following septoplasty. We also review the literature and discuss probable causes. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the second published report of this complication.
Shihada
Rabia
R
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Fradis
Milo
M
Vardizer
Yoav
Y
Braun
Jacob
J
Luntz
Michal
M
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures