Trauma News

ATHENS, Greece — Sport-related repeated micro-trauma could be the cause of traumatic cataract and zonular damage without clinically evident signs, according to a presenter.

A 36-year-old woman was referred to the New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center, due to a persistent myopic shift in the left eye following trauma 3 months earlier.

NEW YORK — In this presentation from OSN New York Retina, Philip J. Ferrone, MD, of Vitreoretinal Consultants of NY, tackles the challenges of managing macular holes in pediatric patients.

A 48-year-old man presented to the Lahey Eye Clinic as a new patient for care after recent head trauma while he was in another state.

Iris repair surgeries have been widely described in the literature.

A patient who underwent a combined whole eye and face transplant maintained globe and retinal perfusion as well as retinal response to light with no instance of acute rejection, according to a report in JAMA.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Ashvin Agarwal, MD, speaks about a surgical technique for the management of traumatic iridodialysis.

A 20-year-old man presented to the Tufts Medical Center emergency department with left eye pain, lightheadedness, nausea and vomiting after blunt trauma to the left lateral periorbital region.

Specific imaging findings in patients with ocular trauma were associated with vision outcomes, which may help establish a more accurate visual recovery prognosis, according to a study.