Controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for alkali corneal burn in the rabbit

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-70

  Hirst, Lawrence W ^a   Summers, Phillip M ^b   Griffiths, David ^c   Bancroft, Josephine ^a   Lilicrap, Gary R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alkali corneal burns; Hyperbaric oxygen; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FORMALDEHYDE; OXYGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA BURN; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PERFORATION; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORNEA; EYE BURNS; FEMALE; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUPTURE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1542715281     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2004.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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