Visual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss.
Post-operative visual loss (POVL) is a rare, albeit potentially serious complication of general anaesthesia. This report describes the case of a 54-year-old woman who developed transient POVL after general anaesthesia following a left posterior parietal meningioma surgery in the prone position and discusses the usefulness of visual evoked potentials monitoring in such situations.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Marie
M
Capon
Department of Anaesthesiology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Michel Van
MV
Boven
Department of Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Vincent
V
van Pesch
Department of Intensive Care, Cliniques St-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Philippe
P
Hantson
Blood pressure autoregulation; evoked potentials; neurosurgery; peri-operative visual loss; prone position