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Explosive eye injuries: characteristics, traumatic mechanisms, and prognostic factors for poor visual outcomes
BackgroundExplosions can produce blast waves, high-speed medium, thermal radiation, and chemical spatter, leading to complex and compound eye...
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Beirut port explosion: unusual presentation of bilateral blast-related extensor mechanism rupture
Industrial disasters related to high-order explosives result in characteristic injuries that are seldom seen among civilians. Survivors of these...
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Military-related mild traumatic brain injury: clinical characteristics, advanced neuroimaging, and molecular mechanisms
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a significant health burden among military service members. Although mTBI was once considered relatively benign...
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Delayed Surgical Intervention in Cranio-Maxillofacial Splinter Injury: Report of a Case and A Literature Review
IntroductionIn the context of Indian combat scenario, maxillofacial injuries from gunshots are uncommon.
MethodsThe first section of this study is a...
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Traumatic brain injury and sight loss in military and veteran populations– a review
War and combat exposure pose great risks to the vision system. More recently, vision related deficiencies and impairments have become common with the...
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Work-related ocular trauma in the United States: a National Trauma Databank study
PurposeThis study aims to investigate trends and risk factors associated with work-related ocular injuries occurring in adults aged 19–64 using the...
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Moral Injury, Betrayal and Retribution: Australian Veterans and the Role of Chaplains
This paper presents additional qualitative results from Phase 1 of a larger study examining potentially morally injurious events/experiences (PMIE)...
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Characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury in Tian** explosion in China
BackgroundTo document characteristics and treatments of ocular blast injury from a fire and explosion.
MethodA uthors retrospectively evaluated 116...
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Dimethyl sulfate poisoning in China: a fatal case and a 45-year retrospective study
Dimethyl sulfate (DMS) is a highly toxic chemical that appears innocuous and is commonly used as a methylating agent in industry. It can be readily...
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Burn or trauma scoring: experience of the burn unit of the Queen Astrid Military Hospital during the terror attacks on 22 March 2016
PurposeOn 22 March 2016, the burn unit (BU) of Queen Astrid Military Hospital assessed a surge in severely injured victims from terror attacks at the...
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Blue Light Exposure: Ocular Hazards and Prevention—A Narrative Review
IntroductionExposure to blue light has seriously increased in our environment since the arrival of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and, in recent years,...
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The Beirut Port Blast: spectrum of injuries and clinical outcomes at a large tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon
PurposeTo describe injuries and outcomes of casualties of Beirut Port Blast treated at a large tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Dementia in military and veteran populations: a review of risk factors—traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, deployment, and sleep
The military population face a unique set of risk factors that may increase the risk of being diagnosed with dementia. Traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
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Blunt force trauma and blast injuries to head and chest caused by a potent pyrotechnic device: a case report
In times of peace and except for terrorist attacks, fatalities by explosions are rare. Fireworks have deadly potential, especially self-made or...
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Forensic investigative issues in a fireworks production factory explosion
Since their discovery in ancient China, fireworks rapidly spread throughout the world, where they have always been used to celebrate either popular...
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Clinical efficacy of a new surgical technique of oral mucosal epithelial transplantation for severe ocular surface disorders
BackgroundSevere ocular surface disorders are one of the major blinding diseases, and a paucity of original tissue obscures successful...
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Development, comparison, and internal validation of prediction models to determine the visual prognosis of patients with open globe injuries using machine learning approaches
IntroductionOpen globe injuries (OGI) represent a main preventable reason for blindness and visual impairment, particularly in develo** countries....
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Personal protective eyewear usage among industrial workers in small-scale enterprises
BackgroundWork-related eye injury causes significant vision loss. Most of these injuries are preventable with appropriate eye safety practices. We...
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Global event-based surveillance of chemical incidents
BackgroundThe number of chemicals in our society and in our daily lives continues to increase. Accompanying this is an increasing risk of human...
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Ocular Surface Preparation Before Keratoprosthesis Implantation
IntroductionThis study aimed to evaluate the surgical treatment results for conjunctival limbal autograft (CLAU) and keratolimbal allograft (KLAL) in...
