Perforating ocular injury by Taser

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 378-380

  Chen, Sandy L ^a,b   Richard, Christen K ^a,b   Murthy, Raghu C ^a,b   Lauer, Andreas K ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Ocular injury; Perforating; Taser; Trauma

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; ELECTROSHOCK; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; IRIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; RETINA; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RUPTURE; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33746557434     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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