An Important Cause of Blindness in Children: Open Globe Injuries [PDF]
, 2016 Objective. Our aim was to present and evaluate the predictive factors of visual impairment and blindness according to WHO criteria in pediatric open globe injuries. Methods.
Ahmet Tuncer Ozmen +4 more
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Wound size and location affect the prognosis of penetrating ocular injury
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background Ocular trauma is a leading cause of vision loss. Penetrating ocular injury is a major type of open globe injury(OGI), while its epidemiology and clinical characteristics are still uncertain.
Xue Gao +7 more
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Military Medical Research, 2023 Background Explosions can produce blast waves, high-speed medium, thermal radiation, and chemical spatter, leading to complex and compound eye injuries. However, few studies have comprehensively investigated the clinical features of different eye injury ...
Ying Zhang +5 more
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Open-globe injuries in Palestine: epidemiology and factors associated with profound visual loss at St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem Riyad Banayot St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine [PDF]
, 2021 Background: The purpose was to describe the epidemiology of open-globe injury (OGI) in Palestine and identify the prognostic factors associated with profound visual loss. Material and methods: The current study is a retrospective review of hospital files
Banayot, Riyad; St. John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine +1 more
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Determinants of severity at presentation among young patients with early onset glaucoma
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013 Aim : The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical, socio-economic, and demographic factors associated with the severity at presentation among juvenile primary open angle glaucoma (JOAG) patients.
Viney Gupta +5 more
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Analysis of Ocular Injury Characteristics in Survivors of the 8.12 Tianjin Port Explosion, China
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Introduction. On the evening of August 12, 2015, a large chemical explosion occurred at Tianjin Port. We analyzed ocular injury characteristics in the survivors of this accident. Methods.
Hao Jiang +3 more
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Evolving Use of Regional versus General Anesthesia for the Surgical Repair of Open Globe Injuries
, 2023 •In the study cohort, 91% of primary closures of open-globe injury were performed under regional anesthesia with monitored anesthesia care (RA-MAC) versus 9% under general anesthesia (GA).•Cases performed under RA-MAC had comparable visual acuity ...
Harry W. Flynn +33 more
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Non-traumatic Open Globe Injuries: Presenting Characteristics and Visual Outcomes
, 2022 Purpose: To describe clinical characteristics and visual outcomes of non-traumatic open globe injuries. Setting: A level 1 trauma centre in a large urban medical centre. Design: Retrospective study.
Fan, James Z +5 more
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood
, 2012 Pur po se: To evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical features of open-globe injuries in childhood. Ma te ri al and Met hod: The records of the pediatric patients who were evaluated for open-globe injuries between 2007 and 2011 in our department were ...
Yaylalı, Volkan +11 more
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The effects of renal transplantation on diabetic retinopathy: Clinical course and visual outcomes
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013 Purpose: To elucidate the clinical course of diabetic retinopathy (DR) after renal transplantation (RT) in a hospital based cohort. Design: Retrospective study.
Rupak Roy +5 more
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