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Postoperative blindness – a rare but devastating complication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2006

P. K. Zahn ,
M. J. S. Wenk ,
E. M. Pogatzki-Zahn ,
H. Busse  and
H. Van Aken
P. K. Zahn
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
M. J. S. Wenk
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
E. M. Pogatzki-Zahn
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
H. Busse
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Muenster, Germany
H. Van Aken
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 96 - 97
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© 2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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