Maryam Naser
AIslamic Azad University, Iran
Title: Need for visual pathway examination of the patient prior to bone marrow transplantation
Biography
Biography: Maryam Naser
Abstract
Aim: Bone marrow transplantation is a treatment procedure usually applied for the patients suffering from leukemia. It is observed that some of these patients complain from partial vision loss some months after the operation whereas the routine visual examination of these patients are normal, therefore the aim of present work is to examine the visual pathway of these patients to search for the probable visual pathway degeneration of these patients using visual evoked potential (VEP). Method: 10 patients following bone marrow transplantation were selected randomly. These patients had this operation for at least one year before. Routine ophthalmological examination of these patients was normal or at most they have refractive error problem which could be corrected by suitable spectacles. Visual evoked potential was recorded in these patients. Latency (msec) and amplitude (μV) of VEP, P100 Peak was noted for each patient. Beside these patients10 human being with healthy visual system was selected to compare the result of VEP in patients with healthy group following VEP recording. Result: It is observed that 4 patients had abnormal VEP pattern which was reflected either in latency or amplitude of VEP, P100 Peak. Conclusion: From the result of present work, one can conclude that VEP examination of patients following bone marrow transplantation is necessary prior to operation so that if at all any unexplained visual loss is observed after operation; the medical staff can follow the case for the probable reason for this malfunction.