Ocular surface frostbite secondary to ethyl chloride spray

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-80

  Rodriguez, Nelson A ^a   Ascaso, Francisco J ^b  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse side effects; Cryoanalgesia; Curettage; Cutaneous papilloma; Ethyl chloride; Eye protection; Keratoconjunctivitis; Local anesthesia; Spray exposure; Symblepharon

Indexed keywords

CHLOROETHANE; NEOMYCIN; PREDNISONE;

AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOSIS; COLD INJURY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CORNEA DISEASE; CURETTAGE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; EYE LAVAGE; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; EYE SWELLING; EYELID DISEASE; EYELID TUMOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OINTMENT; PAPILLOMA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCAR FORMATION; SYMBLEPHARON; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ETHYL CHLORIDE; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAPILLOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856818926     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.607201     Document Type: Article

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