Visual Loss After Intraoral Local Anesthesia for the Removal of Circumzygomatic and Circum-Mandibular Wires: A Case Report

Many types of complications occur after intraoral local anesthesia; however, visual loss is a rare one. There have been only a few case reports of visual disturbance after intraoral local anesthesia. A 67-year-old man with systemic hypertension complained of visual disturbance after a dental local i...

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Published inJournal of oral and maxillofacial surgery Vol. 73; no. 10; pp. 1918.e1 - 1918.e6
Main Authors Ko, In-Chan, DDS, Park, Kwan-Soo, DDS, PhD, Shin, Jae-Myung, DDS, MS, Baik, Jee-Seon, DDS, MS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2015
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Anesthesia, Local - adverse effects
Dentistry
Female
Humans
Male
Mandible
Middle Aged
Orthodontic Wires
Surgery
Vision Disorders - chemically induced
Vision Disorders - physiopathology
Visual Acuity
Young Adult
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Summary:Many types of complications occur after intraoral local anesthesia; however, visual loss is a rare one. There have been only a few case reports of visual disturbance after intraoral local anesthesia. A 67-year-old man with systemic hypertension complained of visual disturbance after a dental local injection for circumzygomatic and circum-mandibular wire removal. Forty-nine days later, he had partly recovered his vision. To date, the exact mechanism of visual loss after dental injection remains unclear. This rare case could provide another clue to the etiology and caution against similar complications.
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ISSN:0278-2391
1531-5053
DOI:10.1016/j.joms.2015.06.178