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Postoperative Vision Loss after Spine Surgery: A Single-Institution Case-Control Comparison

Ehab Farag, Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, Jarrod E. Dalton, Eman Nada and Brian M. Parker
Ochsner Journal June 2014, 14 (2) 179-183;
Ehab Farag
1Department of General Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed
3Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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Jarrod E. Dalton
2Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
4Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Eman Nada
5Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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Brian M. Parker
1Department of General Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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