Abstract

VALLARTA RODRIGUEZ, Raúl A; VALLARTA MACIAS, Mauricio; GONZALEZ ALVARADO, Carlos  and  VALLARTA COMPEAN, Santiago. Liposuction and unilateral legal blindness. Literature review and first case report in Mexico, eight in the world. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2019, vol.45, n.4, pp.355-360.  Epub Mar 02, 2020. ISSN 1989-2055.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0376-78922019000400004.

We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who developed legal blindness posterior to liposuction and augmentation mammoplasty, with postoperative anemia and decreased vision of the left eye (20/200). Des-pite the correction of the anemia and improvement of the general status, the patient continued with vision loss for 2 months.

According to ophthalmologic studies we could establish the diagnosis of non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION).

We review the previous reports in the literature for anterior ischemic optic neuritis after liposuction and the recommendations to prevent this complication.

Keywords : Optic neuropathy; Ischemic neuropathy; Liposuction; Legal blindness.

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