Ocular traumatology
By: Ferenc Kuhn.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9783540338246
Subjects: Eye -- Wounds and injuries; Eye -- Surgery; Eye Injuries -- surgery
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Terminology of mechanical injuries: the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT); title: Classification of mechanical eye injuries; title: Predicting the severity of an eye injury: the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS); title: Counseling the injured individual and the family; title: From the other side: the patient's viewpoint; title: Myths and truths in ocular traumatology; title: Clinical epidemiology, prevention, and rehabilitation; title: Strategic thinking in ocular traumatology; title: Evaluation; title: Emergency management; title: Conjunctiva; title: Cornea; title: Sclera and limbus; title: Tissue prolapse; title: Anterior chamber; title: Iris and pupil; title: Lens; title: Ciliary body and choroid; title: Vitreous and retina; title: Trauma by blunt object: contusions; title: Open glove injury: a brief overview; title: Trauma by blunt object: ruptures; title: Penetrating injuries and IOFBs; title: Perforating injuries; title: Injury involving the entire globe; title: Ocular trauma in children and in elderly patients; title: Endophthalmitis; title: Posttraumatic glaucoma; title: Hypotony; title: Endoscopy; title: Chemical injuries; title: Electromagnetic trauma; title: The effects of systemic trauma on the eye.