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Neuroanesthesia and Coexisting Ophthalmic Problems

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Patients presenting for neurosurgery may have coexisting ophthalmic diseases. During the process of surgery for the primary neurosurgical condition, the ophthalmic disease may get aggravated. The following is a discussion on a few such conditions, which need to be taken care of to ensure that the success of neurosurgery is not associated with deterioration of the ophthalmic condition.

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Gopalakrishna, K.N., Umamaheswara Rao, G.S. (2019). Neuroanesthesia and Coexisting Ophthalmic Problems. In: Prabhakar, H., Singhal, V., Gupta, N. (eds) Co-existing Diseases and Neuroanesthesia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2086-6_9

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