Surgical extraction of traumatic orbital mercury

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 402-404

  Tanaka, Takao ^a   Miyake, Mami ^a   Tono, Satoshi ^a   Asatani, Tetsuya ^a   Usui, Masahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood mercury; Orbital foreign body; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

GLASS; MERCURY;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EXCISION; EYELID EDEMA; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; NEEDLE; ORBIT INJURY; SCAR FORMATION; SUCTION; SYRINGE; THERMOMETER;

EID: 0030879175     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310842     Document Type: Article

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