Data on Arthroplasty Published by P.F. Kaeser and Colleagues

2011 MAR 3 -- Investigators publish new data in the report 'Visual loss after orthopedic procedures.' According to recent research from Lausanne, Switzerland, "Perioperative visual loss (PVL) is a very rare and unpredictable complication of surgery performed at distance from the visual pathways, mostly after spine or cardiac procedures. We report 6 consecutive patients with PVL after routine orthopedic procedures (osteosynthesis for complex fracture of the femur [2], total hip arthroplasty [2], hip prosthesis arthroplasty [1], bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty [1]) and reviewed the literature on the subject."

"An ischemic optic neuropathy was...

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