Ethical Considerations for Performing Intraocular Surgery on Eyes with No Light Perception
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surgical treatment of severely traumatized eyes with no light perception
purpose: to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgical treantment in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (nlp) vision. methods: in this prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes of 18 patients with severe trauma and nlp vision and rapd of 3-4+ admitted in nikookari hospital, tabriz-iran during 2002-2005 underwent deep vitrectomy and other appropriate proced...
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomical and functional outcomes of surgical intervention in severely traumatized eyes with no light perception (NLP). METHODS In this prospective interventional case series, 18 eyes of 18 patients with severe ocular trauma whose vision was documented as NLP and with relative afferent pupillary defect of 3 to 4+ underwent deep vitrectomy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0161-6420
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.09.026