Oculocardiac reflex during the endoscopic sinus surgery.
The oculocardiac reflex is developed by surgical or nonsurgical stimulations to the eyeball including manipulation of extraocular muscles. The authors came across a case of severe arrhythmia due to oculocardiac reflex caused by the stimulation of orbital tissue from the injury of lamina papyracea during endoscopic sinus surgery. Previous heart evaluations of the patient of this case suggested no abnormalities in the heart. This case shows that the oculocardiac reflex can occur during endoscopic sinus surgery but is not limited as the complication from ocular surgery.
Baek
Hong In
HI
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kwangju Christian Hospital, Kwangju, South Korea. vcdopa@hanmail.net
Park
Byung Cheol
BC
Kim
Wee Hwang
WH
Son
Won Sang
WS
D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D012024:Reflex, Oculocardiac / Q000502:physiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery