J Rhinol.  2020 May;27(1):46-49. 10.18787/jr.2019.00304.

A Case of Transient Visual Disturbance and Ocular Paresis after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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  • 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang, Korea

Abstract

Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is widely used as standard surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis. Orbital complications of varying degrees occurred during ESS have been widely reported. If the orbital symptoms occurred immediately after surgery, ocular damage associated with surgery is suspected if the patient’s preoperative ocular function was patent. If immediate action is not taken, permanent visual loss might develop, so it is very important to diagnose orbital complications and take appropriate action. In our case, there was no definite intraorbital hemorrhage when sudden visual loss was noted. The symptoms were fully recovered without further treatment and it is clinically suspected to be caused by transient ocular muscle toxicity of local anesthetics.

Keyword

Sinusitis; Postoperative complication; Local anesthetics; 부비동염; 수술 후 합병증; 국소마취

Figure

  • Fig. 1. Ophthalmoplegia after ESS. Frontal gazing (A) and left lateral gazing is failed in left eyes (B).

  • Fig. 2. Preoperative CT findings. Preoperative CT coronal (A) view, axial (B) view reveals soft tissue density over frontal sinus, anterior ethmoid sinus, posterior ethmoid sinus, maxillary sinus, sphenoid sinus in both sides.


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