Analysis of hydrofluoric acid penetration and decontamination of the eye by means of time-resolved optical coherence tomography

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-555

  Spöler, Felix ^a   Frentz, Markus ^b,c   Först, Michael ^a   Kurz, Heinrich ^a   Schrage, Norbert F ^b,c,d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Aachen Center of Technology Transfer in Ophthalmology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye burn; Eye irritation; Hexafluorine; Hydrofluoric acid burn; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HEXAFLUORINE; HEXAFLURONIUM BROMIDE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE BURN; EYE INJURY; EYE IRRITATION; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OSMOLARITY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEA; DECONTAMINATION; EYE BURNS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; IRRIGATION; IRRITANTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER;

EID: 41949097279     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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