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Open Access 01-12-2022 | Tympanotomy | Case report

Iatrogenic central retinal artery occlusion following retrobulbar anesthesia with adrenaline for vitreoretinal surgery: a case report

Authors: Filippo Confalonieri, Gunn Elin Ladstein, Ingar Stene-Johansen, Goran Petrovski

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2022

Abstract

Background

We describe a patient presenting with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) of the right eye after retrobulbar anesthesia with adrenaline for macular pucker surgery.

Case presentation

The patient, a 67-year-old Caucasian man, developed a CRAO postoperatively by the next-day control likely due to the retrobulbar injection of a combination of Xylocaine and Bupivacaine with adrenaline as anesthetic.

Conclusions

The addition of adrenaline to the standard anesthetic solution could be a risk factor for serious complications, such as CRAO.

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Title: Iatrogenic central retinal artery occlusion following retrobulbar anesthesia with adrenaline for vitreoretinal surgery: a case report
Authors: Filippo Confalonieri
Gunn Elin Ladstein
Ingar Stene-Johansen
Goran Petrovski
Publication date: 01-12-2022
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Tympanotomy
Cataract
Vitrectomy
Eye Surgery
Peeling
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03518-0

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