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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2009 103(1):134; doi:10.1093/bja/aep153
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Board of Directors of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournal.org

Bispectral index sensor as a possible cause of postoperative visual loss after frontal craniotomy

S. Yamashita*, H. Takahashi and M. Tanaka

Tsukuba, Japan

* E-mail: soichi2003@aol.com

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Editor—Postoperative visual loss (PVL) after non-ocular surgery is rare, but a devastating complication.1–3 We report a patient with unexpected PVL after brain tumour removal by frontal craniotomy. The development of PVL was attributed to the bispectral index (BIS) sensor (BIS standard, Aspect Medical Systems) fixed on the forehead.

A 38-yr-old female patient was undergoing right frontal . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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