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- Title:
- 01_06 Primary Repair of Penetrating Eye Injury
- Description:
- This session provides an introduction to the epidemiology and terminology relevant to primary repair of penetrating eye injury. It also provides an overview of injury zones and advice on obtaining a history of the injury. Techniques and tips for assessing the injury are offered including considerations about imaging and principles and techniques for surgery. Finally, it offers an overview on using sutures and viscoelastics.
- Hierarchy:
- Ophthalmology (Eye-Site) > Eye-Site 00 Ophthalmology Curriculum > What the Ophthalmologist is able to do (Technical Intelligences) > 5) Surgical Skills (SS) > SS6 Repair trauma > 01_06 Primary Repair of Penetrating Eye Injury
- Author(s):
-
Mark Watts
- Created:
- 30 Nov 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 17 Oct 2014
- Keywords:
- 130-007, primary repair, penetrating eye injury, penetrating eye injuries, globe ruptures, hypotony, uvea, lens capsule breech, phacolysis, retinal detachment, detached retina, anaesthesia, suxamethonium, depolarising agent, surface projection, viscoelastic, viscodissection, paracentesis, laceration repair, slit laceration, corneal laceration, corneoscleral laceration, stellate laceration, purse string, overlay sutures, scleral rupture, steroids, vitrectomy
- Quicklink:
- 130-007
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- Title:
- 01_06 Primary Repair of Penetrating Eye Injury
- Description:
- This session provides an introduction to the epidemiology and terminology relevant to primary repair of penetrating eye injury. It also provides an overview of injury zones and advice on obtaining a history of the injury. Techniques and tips for assessing the injury are offered including considerations about imaging and principles and techniques for surgery. Finally, it offers an overview on using sutures and viscoelastics.
- Hierarchy:
- Ophthalmology (Eye-Site) > Eye-Site 00 Ophthalmology Curriculum > What the Ophthalmologist is able to do (Technical Intelligences) > 5) Surgical Skills (SS) > SS6 Repair trauma > 01_06 Primary Repair of Penetrating Eye Injury
- Author(s):
-
Mark Watts
- Created:
- 30 Nov 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 17 Oct 2014
- Keywords:
- 130-007, primary repair, penetrating eye injury, penetrating eye injuries, globe ruptures, hypotony, uvea, lens capsule breech, phacolysis, retinal detachment, detached retina, anaesthesia, suxamethonium, depolarising agent, surface projection, viscoelastic, viscodissection, paracentesis, laceration repair, slit laceration, corneal laceration, corneoscleral laceration, stellate laceration, purse string, overlay sutures, scleral rupture, steroids, vitrectomy
- Quicklink:
- 130-007