Open AccessVisual evoked potentials monitoring in a case of transient post-operative visual loss
Author(s) -
Marie Capon,
Michel Van Boven,
Vincent Van Pesch,
Philippe Hantson
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.187800
Subject(s) - transient (computer programming) , general anaesthesia , evoked potential , anesthesia , medicine , audiology , computer science , operating system
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.