Pattern of paediatric corneal laceration injuries in the University of port Harcourt teaching hospital, Rivers state, Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Omobolanle, Adio Adedayo ^a   Henrietta, Nwachukwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Corneal laceration; Missiles; Nigeria; Ocular injury; Paediatric trauma; Penetrating injury; University of port harcourt teaching hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CORNEA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LACERATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; LACERATIONS; MALE; NIGERIA; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870890673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-683     Document Type: Article

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