Prevention of accidental intraocular injection following inadvertent needle perforation of the eyeball

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 405-406

  Kraushar, Marvin F ^a,c   Cangemi, Francis E ^a   Morse, Peter H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA;

EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBIT;

EID: 0029868221     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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