Painful blind eye: Efficacy of enucleation and evisceration in resolving ocular pain

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-438

  Shah Desai, S D ^a,b   Tyers, A G ^a   Manners, R M ^b  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; EYE DISEASES; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034015256     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.4.437     Document Type: Article

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