Severe eye injury in an 11-year-old child during threshing - A case report

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-183

  Mackiewicz, Jerzy ^a,b   Piecyk Sidor, Marta ^a   Sałaga Pylak, Monika ^a   Zagórski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b 1st Department of Ophthalmology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Child farm; Penetrating eye injury; Rural environment; Silicone oil injection; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FARMING SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33746464970     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 12321966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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