Oculoplastics News

Both general and specialist ophthalmologists should be familiar with the newest, most effective treatments for ocular injuries, experts say.

Both general and specialist ophthalmologists should be familiar with the newest, most effective treatments for ocular injuries, experts say.

Prompt care from all medical personnel needed for best results Allen B. Thach Ideally, our colleagues in the emergency room should be able to recognize severe, sight-threatening eye trauma and know when to refer to an ophthalmologist and how to stabilize the patient to avoid additional injury to the eye. Teaching emergency personnel to recognize some common injuries will potentially save the sight of many trauma victims.

Trauma is the leading cause of death in children and adults under the age of 44 years. Eye injuries also continue to occur frequently, and the consequences can be devastating, changing one’s life in a second. Most injuries in civilian life occur in or around the home, while pursuing sports or recreational activities, or while traveling in a motorized vehicle. It is a truism that prevention is the best medicine, but people are naturally more secure and perhaps more careless when at home than at work.

Both general and specialist ophthalmologists should be familiar with the newest, most effective treatments for ocular injuries, experts say.

Inferior flap anastomosis helps to simplify external dacryocystorhinostomy and produces comparable success rates as the conventional procedure, a study showed.

Misdiagnoses that lead to pediatric enucleation have decreased, most likely due to improved diagnostic techniques, a study said.

Delayed surgery for orbital blowout fractures did not diminish outcomes in young patients, according to a study.

A monocanalicular stent proved safe, effective and easy to use in reconstructing traumatic canalicular lacerations, according to a study.

BERLIN — Surgeons should carefully consider all oculoplastic options, including multiple procedures, to achieve best surgical results and patient satisfaction.