%0 Journal Article
%T Ceguera tras cirug¨ªa discal lumbar: Aspectos asistenciales y m¨¦dico-legales. Presentaci¨®n de un caso y revisi¨®n de la Literatura
%A Aso
%A J.
%A Mart¨ªnez-Qui£¿ones
%A J.V.
%A Ara
%A F.
%A Sebasti¨¢n
%A M.
%A Consolini
%A M.
%A Arregui
%A R.
%A Pons
%A J.
%J Cuadernos de Medicina Forense
%D 2009
%I Asociaci¨®n Andaluza de M¨¦dicos Forenses
%R 10.4321/S1135-76062009000400004
%X between the complications of lumbar disc surgery, one with small frequency but very incapacitating consequences is blindness. we communicate a case of transitory cortical blindness after l5-s1 conventional microdiskectomy. possible causes described by literature are discussed, proposing the air embolism as a probable origin of cortical blindness in this case. considering that perioperative blindness it is a complication with difficult diagnosis, but potential preventive measures and treatment can be adopted, medico-legal problems are also analyzed, mainly in negligence expert assessment and informed consent.
%K disc surgery
%K surgical complications
%K cortical blindness
%K malpractice
%K informed consent
%K air embolism
%K ischemic optic neuropathy.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1135-76062009000400004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en