Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers)
Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing
ISSN:
1312-773X (Online)
Issue:
2017, vol. 23, issue 4
Subject Area:
Medicine
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DOI:
10.5272/jimab.2017234.1795
Published online: 08 December 2017
Original article

J of IMAB 2017 Oct-Dec;23(4):1795-1799
INJURIES OF EYE AND ITS ACCESSORY ORGANS
Tsvetomir Dimitrov


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Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, First General Hospital for Active Treatment Sofia AD, Sofia, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
The traumas of eye and orbit are important for the ophthalmological practice because they are a leading cause of the irreversible blindness of people employable by age. The main method is comparative analysis of the data. Data from scientific literature on the subject were used in connection with the analysis. Results and discussion: The main types of injuries of the eye are reviewed in the article. The therapeutic measures in the presence of injury to an eye - according to its type and severity - are discussed. Conclusion: The injuries of the eye and its accessory organs are among the leading causes for irreversible blindness of people employable by age and have a social and economic effect.
Keywords: injury of eye, closed eye trauma, open eye trauma,
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Dimitrov T. Injuries of eye and its accessory organs. J of IMAB. 2017 Oct-Dec;23(4):1795-1799. DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2017234.1795
Correspondence to: Tsvetomir Dimitrov, Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, First General Hospital for Active Treatment Sofia AD; 37, Patriarch Evtimiy Blvd., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria; E-mail: tsdimitrov.or@gmail.com
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Received: 25 August 2017
Published online: 08 December 2017
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