A rare complication after septoplasty: Visual loss due to right retinal artery spasm

WOS: 000427989400084PubMed ID: 29239920Septoplasty is a commonly used procedure for correcting septal cartilage deformities. Hemorrhage, abscesses, scaling, adhesions, and scar tissue are often seen after the operation of the septoplasty, but temporary or permanent visual loss due to local anesthetic use has been reported very rarely in the literature. The authors also aimed to present a female patient with retinal artery spasm in the right eye after septoplasty in this article. A 27-year-old female patient was admitted to the authors' clinic with long-standing nasal obstruction and postnasal drip. There was no feature in her history and also no sign other than nasal septal deviation on physical examination. The patient was informed about the operation and the operation was planned. Emergency eye consultation was requested after the patient said that the right eye of the patient had never seen in the postoperative wake-up hall. Examination by an ophthalmologist; mild exotropia and total loss of vision in the right eye (including loss of light reflex) was detected. The light reaction in the affected eye was negative and indirect reaction was positive. After enlargement of the pupil, fundus examination revealed that the right posterior pole region (inside of the macula and vessel arches) was pale and no central retinal artery pulsation was observed. The patient was diagnosed with central retinal artery occlusion and emergency intervention was performed. The right eye massage, paracentesis, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy returned to the patient's visual function

Effect of anesthesia without a neuromuscular blocking agent on intraoperative bleeding in adenotonsillectomy patients

WOS: 000355772100026PubMed ID: 25899322Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of general anesthesia, applied without a neuromuscular blocking agent, on the extent of intraoperative bleeding in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy. Materials and methods: A total of 81 adenotonsillectomy cases were examined retrospectively. The patients' ages, genders, and tonsil and adenoid sizes, as well as anesthetic technique, operation time, extent of bleeding during operation, and period of stay in the postanesthesia care unit, were reviewed. Among the patients, 38 were administered anesthesia with a neuromuscular blocker (control group) and 43 patients were given anesthesia without a neuromuscular blocker (study group). Results: No statistically significant difference was found between groups in terms of age, gender, and tonsil and adenoid sizes (p > 0.05). The operation times of the study group were significantly lower than those of the control group (p = 0.036; p 0.05). Conclusion: In this study, we determined that, general anesthesia without a neuromuscular blocking agent significantly decreases operation time and intraoperative bleeding in adenotonsillectomy patients