Epidemiology of ocular emergencies in the Egyptian population: A five-year retrospective study

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 955-960

  El Mekawey, Hany E ^a   Abu El Einen, Khaled G ^a   Abdelmaboud, Mohammad ^a   Khafagy, Amr ^a   Eltahawy, Eman M ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Infective keratitis; Lid injuries; Ocular casualties; Open globe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHEMICAL BURN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENUCLEATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; LACERATION; LENS LUXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORBIT DISEASE; PANOPHTHALMITIS; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; UVEA MELANOMA; UVEITIS;

EID: 79960395650     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s21761     Document Type: Article

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