AIM To compare the predictive outcome of ocular burns using two different prognostic classification systems, that is, Dua and Roper Hall classification. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a prospective, randomised, controlled clinical trial, the extent of acute ocular burns in 100 patients was graded by Roper Hall and Dua classifications. Patients were randomised in two groups of 50 each to receive conv...

Contact lens type amniotic membrane (CLAM) is a promising new approach to using in ophthalmology. It can be used treat range of ocular surface disorders, including dry eye disease, corneal ulcers, and chemical burns. CLAM help reduce inflammation, promote epithelialization wound healing, improve clarity vision. Its ease handling application, combined with its potential therapeutic benefits, mak...

PURPOSE To evaluate the role of umbilical cord serum therapy in cases of acute ocular chemical burns. METHODS In a double-blind prospective randomized controlled clinical study, 33 eyes of 32 patients with acute ocular chemical burns of grade III, IV, and V severity were randomized into three groups: umbilical cord serum (n = 12), autologous serum (n = 11), and artificial tears (0.5% HPMC+0.3...

Eyelid involvement is common in facial burns. Ocular sequelae, including corneal ulceration, are usually preventable and secondary to the development of eyelid deformities, exposure keratopathy, and rarely, orbital compartment syndrome. Early ophthalmic review and prophylactic ocular lubrication is mandatory in burns involving the eyelids. Early surgical intervention, often requiring repeat pro...

PURPOSE To elucidate the manifestations of ocular injuries in the colored corn starch dust explosion at a Taiwan water park. METHODS This is a retrospective, non-comparative, consecutive-interventional case series. Fifty explosion-injury patients on 27 June 2015 treated at Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, were included. Thorough ophthalmic examinations were based on emergent triage and c...

OBJECTIVES To determine the rate of endophthalmitis in a group of patients with keratoprostheses and to analyze possible risk factors. METHODS A total of 108 patient eyes, operated on between 1990 and 2000 with double-plated keratoprostheses, were analyzed with regard to the surface flora, the incidence and cause of bacterial endophthalmitis or sterile vitreitis, the keratoprosthesis design, ...

PURPOSE To report cases of acute globe rupture and bilateral corneal burns from electronic cigarette (EC) explosions. METHODS Case series. RESULTS We describe a series of patients with corneal injury caused by EC explosions. Both patients suffered bilateral corneal burns and decreased visual acuity, and one patient sustained a unilateral corneoscleral laceration with prolapsed iris tissue a...

ALTHOUGH for many years it has been recognized that relationships exist between the chemical structures of certain compounds and their pharmacological properties, those interdependencies1 which have been observed have served more to correlate existing data in many isolated sectors of the field of drug action than to serve as guideposts on the road of medicine and research ahead. Therefore it ha...