- •CONTENTS
- •FOREWORD
- •PREFACE
- •CONTRIBUTORS
- •ABOUT THIS BOOK
- •ABBREVIATIONS
- •GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
- •MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES
- •EVALUATION
- •EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- •MECHANICAL GLOBE INJURIES
- •CONJUNCTIVA
- •CORNEA
- •EXTRABULBAR TISSUE PROLAPSE
- •ANTERIOR CHAMBER
- •IRIS
- •CILIARY BODY
- •GLAUCOMA
- •LENS
- •CHOROID
- •VITREOUS AND RETINA
- •INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODIES
- •ENDOPHTHALMITIS
- •SYMPATHETIC OPHTHALMIA
- •EVISCERATION AND ENUCLEATION
- •NONMECHANICAL GLOBE INJURIES
- •PHOTIC AND ELECTRICAL TRAUMA
- •NONGLOBE INJURIES
- •EYELID AND LACRIMAL TRAUMA
- •ORBITAL TRAUMA
- •OCULAR MOTOR SYSTEM
- •APPENDICES
- •INSTRUMENTATION
- •ENDOSCOPY
- •PHARMACOLOGY
- •MYTHS AND TRUTHS ABOUT EYE INJURIES: ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- •INDEX
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OCULAR TRAUMA
Principles and Practice
Dedicated to the Memory of Klaus Heimann, M.D.
OCULAR TRAUMA
Principles and Practice
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Ferenc Kuhn, M.D., Ph.D. |
Dante J. Pieramici, M.D. |
Director of Clinical Research |
Co-Director |
Helen Keller Foundation for Research |
California Retina Research Foundation |
and Education |
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Vice President |
California Eye Trauma Registry |
United States Eye Injury Registry |
Santa Barbara, California |
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Secretary/Treasurer
United States Eye Injury Registry
Birmingham, Alabama
Visiting Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Pécs
Visiting Assistant Professor Ophthalmology
Pécs, Hungary
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
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CONTENTS
Foreword |
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Preface |
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Contributors |
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About this Book |
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Serious Eye Injury: The Patient’s Perspective—Ellen M. Bomer, Emily and Jeff Lyons |
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Abbreviations |
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Section I: General Considerations
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BETT: The Terminology of Ocular Trauma—Ferenc Kuhn, Robert Morris, and C. Douglas Witherspoon |
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Classification of Ocular Trauma—Sharath C. Raja and Dante J. Pieramici |
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Classification of open globe injuries 6 |
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Classification of closed globe injuries |
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3.The OTS: Predicting the Final Vision of the Injured Eye—Ferenc Kuhn, Richard Maisiak,
LoRetta Mann, Robert Morris, and C. Douglas Witherspoon |
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The need for a comprehensive, digital method for predicting the outcome of a serious eye injury |
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The variables used in the Ocular Trauma Score 9
Calculating the Ocular Trauma Score 11
References 12
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4.Eye Injury Epidemiology and Prevention of Ophthalmic Injuries—Ferenc Kuhn, Viktória Mester,
LoRetta Mann, C. Douglas Witherspoon, Robert Morris, and Richard Maisiak |
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Ocular trauma epidemiology: General findings 15 |
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Prevention |
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5.Counseling the Patient and the Family—Robert Morris, Ferenc Kuhn, C. Douglas Witherspoon,
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6. Rehabilitation of Patients with Ocular Trauma—Donald C. Fletcher and August Colenbrander |
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Ranges of vision loss |
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Rehabilitation issues |
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Reassurance therapy |
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Traditional versus planned approach to eye trauma |
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The surgeon: Know your capabilities and limitations |
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Reconstruction versus enucleation: The significance of NLP vision 42 |
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Open versus closed globe injury; Intervention versus referral 43 |
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The rules of transportation |
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The timing of intervention |
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Anesthesia |
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Primary surgery: Wound closure versus comprehensive reconstruction 46 |
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The postoperative period and secondary reconstruction 46 |
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Instrumentation |
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Concluding thoughts |
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9. Evaluation—J.B. Harlan, Jr., Eugene W.M. Ng, and Dante J. Pieramici |
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General evaluation |
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10. Management of Patients with Polytrauma—Joel A. Pearlman and Dante J. Pieramici |
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Emergency intervention |
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Open globe injury and the nonophthalmologist |
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11. Chemical Injuries: Emergency Intervention—Michael D. Wagoner and Kenneth R. Kenyon |
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Epidemiology and prognosis |
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Therapeutic principles |
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12. Nonglobe Injuries: Emergency (Room) Management—John A. Long and Thomas M. Tann |
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Emergency conditions and their management |
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Conjunctiva—M. Bowes Hamill |
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Specific injuries |
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Prognosis and outcome |
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The nonophthalmologist’s role |
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Cornea—M. Bowes Hamill |
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Examination |
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Specific injuries |
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15. Scleral and Corneoscleral Injuries—Jennifer L. Lindsey and M. Bowes Hamill |
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Evaluation |
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Anesthesia |
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Techniques of operative repair |
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Postoperative considerations |
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Summary |
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16. Extrabulbar Tissue Prolapse—José Dalma-Weiszhausz |
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Definition and history |
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Management |
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Summary |
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17. Anterior Chamber—Bradford J. Shingleton and Ferenc Kuhn |
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Synechialysis and pupillary membranes 131 |
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Hyphema |
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Removal of other materials |
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Reformatting the AC 143 |
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18. Iris—Bernd Kirchhof |
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Iatrogenic iris laceration |
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Prolapse |
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Iridiodialysis |
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Aniridia 149 |
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19. Ciliary Body—Derek Kuhl and William F. Mieler |
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Pathophysiology |
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Clinical conditions: The cause of hypotony 158 |
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Management of the phthisical eye 166 |
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20. Glaucoma—Kristin Hammersmith Matelis and Nathan Congdon |
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Glaucoma associated with closed globe trauma |
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Glaucoma associated with open globe trauma |
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Chemical injuries |
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Thermal burns |
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Electrical injury |
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Orbital pressure elevation |
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21. Lens—Viktória Mester and Ferenc Kuhn |
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Crystalline lens |
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22. Choroid—Nicholas E. Engelbrecht and Paul Sternberg, Jr. |
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Choroidal rupture |
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Summary |
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23. Vitreous and Retina—Kah-Guan Au Eong, David Kent, and Dante J. Pieramici |
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Epidemiology and prevention |
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Retina |
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Vitreous hemorrhage |
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24. Intraocular Foreign Bodies—Ferenc Kuhn, Viktória Mester, and Robert Morris |
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History |
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Epidemiology and prevention |
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Pathophysiology |
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Evaluation |
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Management strategy and counseling 242 |
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Instrumentation 247 |
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Alternative treatment methods |
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Late complications |
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Special issue |
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Antibiotic use |
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Prognosis and outcome |
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Controversies |
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25.Severe Combined Anterior and Posterior Segment Trauma—C. Douglas Witherspoon,
Robert Morris, Robert Phillips, Ferenc Kuhn, Suzanne Nelson, and Robert Witherspoon |
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History 264 |
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Cinical rationale for TKP use 265 |
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Surgical technique |
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Case series |
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26. Management of Eyes with Perforating Injury—Stephen G. Schwartz and William F. Mieler |
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Pathophysiology and prognosis |
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Surgical treatment |
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27. Injury to the Postsurgical Eye—Paul F. Vinger |
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The effects of common surgical incisions 282 |
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Trauma following different types of intraocular surgery 284 |
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Prevention |
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28. Endophthalmitis—Nauman A. Chaudhry and Harry W. Flynn, Jr. |
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Microbiology |
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Prevention: Prophylactic antibiotics |
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Treatment |
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Special issues |
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29. Sympathetic Ophthalmia—Robert A. Mittra |
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Clinical presentation and evaluation |
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30. Unique Aspects of Trauma in Children—Ronald P. Danis, Daniel Neely, and David A Plager |
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Injuries with special implications 310 |
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31. Evisceration and Enucleation—Michael A. Callahan |
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Evisceration |
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32. Chemical Injuries: Clinical Course and Management—Michael D. Wagoner and Kenneth R. Kenyon |
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Clinical evaluation and course |
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Specific therapy |
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33. Ocular Manifestations of Nonophthalmic Conditions—Wolfgang Schrader |
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Terson’s syndrome |
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Valsalva retinopathy |
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High-altitude retinopathy 357 |
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34. Photic and Electrical Trauma—Yaniv Barkana and Michael Belkin |
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Photic trauma 361
Electrical trauma 367
Summary 367
References 367
Section V: Nonglobe injuries
35. Eyelid and Lacrimal System Trauma—John A. Long and Thomas M. Tann |
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Epidemiology (USEIR data) |
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Canalicular lacerations |
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Eyelid avulsion |
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Traumatic ptosis |
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Cicatricial ectropion |
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References |
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36. Orbital Trauma—John A. Long and Thomas M. Tann |
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History |
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Epidemiology (USEIR data) |
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Prevention |
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Pathophysiology |
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Evaluation |
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Types of trauma and their management 385 |
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37. Optic Nerve and Visual Pathway—Lanning B. Kline and Christopher A. Girkin |
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Epidemiology |
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Pathophysiology |
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Evaluation |
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Management strategy |
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Timing |
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Management 399 |
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Alternative to treatment |
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Complications |
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Special issues of importance |
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Prognosis and outcome |
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Controversies and future trends |
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Summary |
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The nonophthalmologist’s role |
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References |
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38. Ocular Motor System—John A. Long and Thomas M. Tann |
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Epidemiology (USEIR data) |
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Pathophysiology |
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Evaluation |
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Clinical conditions |
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Summary |
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References |
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Section VI: Appendices
Appendix 1. Instrumentation—Suzanne Nelson |
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Appendix 2. Endoscopy—Claude Boscher |
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Appendix 3. Basic Surgical Techniques in the Anterior Segment—M. Bowes Hamill |
419 |
Appendix 4. Basic Surgical Techniques in the Posterior Segment—Wolfgang Schrader |
426 |
Appendix 5. Pharmacology—Martin L. Heredia-Elizondo, Tamer A. Macky, D. Virgil Alfaro, and |
446 |
Joel H. Herring |
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Appendix 6. Myths and Truths about Eye Injuries: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions— |
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Dante J. Pieramici and Ferenc Kuhn |
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Appendix 7. The Need for Standardization for Protective Eyewear in Sports—Paul F. Vinger |
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Index |
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