Incidence of sympathetic ophthalmia after penetrating eye injury and choice of treatment

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-227

  Gürdal, Canan ^a,c   Erdener, Uǧur ^b   Irkeç, Murat ^b   Orhan, Mehmet ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Beysukent Eskis̊ehir Yolu ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Evisceration; Penetrating eye injury; Sympathetic ophthalmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; EVISCERATION; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PANOPHTHALMITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA; UVEITIS;

EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE EVISCERATION; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPHTHALMIA, SYMPATHETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0038237034     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ocii.10.3.223.15600     Document Type: Article

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