Self-inflicted penetrating eye injuries using a razor blade: Case report [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2009 Background A 23 year old white male with a history of social and behavioural problems attempted to blind himself chemically, with alcohol, and mechanically, with a razor blade.
Price Nicholas, Razavi Hessom
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Adjuvant Migraine Medications in the Treatment of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss. [PDF]
, 2021 Objectives/hypothesisTo examine the hearing outcomes of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) treated with oral and intratympanic (IT) steroid only or a combination of steroid and migraine treatment.
Abouzari, Mehdi +7 more
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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices [PDF]
, 2015 According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases
Avadhanam, Venkata +2 more
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Tibial Periosteum For The Surgical Perforation [PDF]
, 2016 Purpose: Report a successful case of scleral perforation repair, refractive to treatment with bank-scleral graft, using pretibial periosteum graft patch.
Mateo A +5 more
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) serological and lacrimal signaling in patients affected by vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) [PDF]
, 2018 Background. Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a rare inflammatory disease involving the ocular surface, with seasonally exacerbated symptoms. Both type-1 and type-4 hypersensitivity reactions play a role in the development of VKC. Purpose.
Aventaggiato, Michele +5 more
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Injuries of non-lethal child physical abuse to the crania and orofacial regions: a scientific review [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited."The literature ...
Banheiro, R. +2 more
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Hearing impairment in Stickler syndrome: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Stickler syndrome is a connective tissue disorder characterized by ocular, skeletal, orofacial and auditory defects. It is caused by mutations in different collagen genes, namely COL2A1, COL11A1 and COL11A2 (autosomal dominant inheritance ...
Acke, Frederic +3 more
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A colour preference technique to evaluate acrylamide-induced toxicity in zebrafish [PDF]
, 2017 The zebrafish has become a commonly used vertebrate model for toxicity assessment, of particular relevance to the study of toxic effects on the visual system because of the structural similarities shared by zebrafish and human retinae. In this article we
Albalawi, Aishah +6 more
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Autologous platelet concentrate for the treatment of macular hole: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo)Autologous platelet concentrates are rich in growth factors and have shown potential for high anatomical success rates in macular hole treatment. However, no systematic review has yet assessed its impact.
Dillan Cunha Amaral +8 more
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Retinopexia com "buckle" escleral e crioterapia guiada por ultrassom: relato de caso [PDF]
, 2009 If the ocular media are clear, indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy allows retinal detachment and retinal tear identification and treatment under direct visualization.
FOLGOSA, Marco Sérgio Pinto Alves +4 more
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