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Subconjunctival hemorrhage and vision loss after regional ocular anesthesia

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Abstract

Purpose

To report two cases of retinal vascular occlusion and associated subconjunctival hemorrhage in needle optic nerve injury during local bulbar anesthesia.

Methods

Surgical records of these two subjects who presented with acute vision loss after cataract extraction were studied, and systemic workup and ocular imaging were carried out to establish the cause.

Results

Computerized tomography showed evidence of optic nerve injury.

Conclusion

Subconjunctival hemorrhage could be an associated clinical finding in hypodermic needle injury-related retinal vascular occlusion during ocular anesthesia.

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Funding was provided by Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation.

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  1. L V Prasad Eye Institute, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India

    Umesh Chandra Behera, Lapam Panda & Rohit Ramesh Modi

  2. Srikrishna Eye Institute, N-71 Shivalik Nagar, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 249403, India

    Sumi Gupta

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Correspondence to Umesh Chandra Behera.

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Behera, U.C., Panda, L., Gupta, S. et al. Subconjunctival hemorrhage and vision loss after regional ocular anesthesia. Int Ophthalmol 38, 1309–1312 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-017-0539-x

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