Corneal Abrasion and Visual Evoked Potentials Monitoring: Causes and Prevention
Ali Hashemi
Rutgers State University, New Jersey Medical School Department of Anesthesiology 185 South Orange Ave Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
Sergey Pisklakov *
Rutgers State University, New Jersey Medical School Department of Anesthesiology 185 South Orange Ave Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
Jyotsna Rimal
Rutgers State University, New Jersey Medical School Department of Anesthesiology 185 South Orange Ave Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
Anuradha Patel
Rutgers State University, New Jersey Medical School Department of Anesthesiology 185 South Orange Ave Newark, NJ 07101, USA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: The objective of this review is to explore the methods of eye protection from corneal abrasions during general anesthesia as they relate to procedures utilizing visual evoked potentials (VEP) monitoring. Because these protective measures may lower the accuracy of the VEP equipment, we wish to establish through existing literature current effective eye protection (with a focus on Tegaderm™) and why they could potentially interfere with VEP recording.
Keywords: Visual evoked potentials, lagopthalmos, corneal abrasion.