Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of severe childhood ocular injuries in Southern Iran

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-140

  Hosseini, Hamid ^a   Masoumpour, Masoumeh ^a   Keshavarz Fazl, Fatemeh ^a   Razeghinejad, M ^a   Salouti, Ramin ^a   Nowroozzadeh, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child Health; Epidemiology; Eye; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; SILICONE OIL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLOSED GLOBE INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEOSCLERAL INJURY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EYE CONTUSION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; EYE LAVAGE; EYELID; EYELID LACERATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; IRAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; LENS INJURY; LENSECTOMY; LIGHT PERCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE; OPEN GLOBE INJURY; PEDIATRICS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERIORBITAL LACERATION; POSTTRAUMATIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RURAL POPULATION; SCLERA INJURY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRASOUND; UVEA; UVEAL PROLAPSE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 79956284746     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.80702     Document Type: Article

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