PURPOSE The report of two cases of ischemic optic neuropathy after hip and shoulder arthroplasty under general anesthesia. One of them is the first reported posterior ischemic optic neuropathy after shoulder surgery up to our knowledge. METHODS Case reports and review of the literature reporting also data of the anesthesia period. RESULTS The first case is a 74-year-old male patient with po...

conclusions our case report showed the therapeutic effect of rhepo in complete curing of povl. regarding the side effects of epo such as thrombogenic effects or mild hemodynamic changes like transient sinus tachycardia during infusion, it seems that beneficial effects of epo is more than its disadvantages and expenses, for patients with povl. case presentation our patient was a 61-year-old man,...

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BACKGROUND Patients with retinal vascular occlusion disease have an increased risk for ischemic stroke and share some risk factors with cerebrovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in subjects with retinal vascular occlusive disease and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and to compare these data to an ischemic stroke group. METH...

To report a case of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) following COVID-19 vaccination and provide systematic review all published cases vaccination. A literature search was performed using PubMed Ovid MEDLINE for Terms used in the included “COVID-19 vaccination”, “optic neuropathy”, neuritis”, “ischemic neuropathy”. Titles abstracts were initially screened then full texts eligible studie...

A 57-year-old woman experienced bilateral acute ischemic optic neuropathy after spine surgery. Routine MR imaging sequence, T2-weighted image, showed subtle high signal intensity on bilateral optic nerves. A contrast-enhanced T1 weighted image showed enhancement along the bilateral optic nerve sheath. Moreover, diffusion-weighted image (DWI) and an apparent diffusion coefficient map showed mark...