Trauma News

VIENNA —In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS meeting, Matteo Forlini, MD, speaks about a new method to simultaneously correct aniridia and aphakia in post-traumatic cases.

VIENNA — In this Healio Video Perspective, Nadiia Ulianova, MD, head of the department of post-traumatic eye pathology at Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy in Odesa, Ukraine, speaks about combat ocular trauma.

Eighteen months after the start of the war, about 20% of Ukrainian territory is occupied by Russia.

Summer ushers in the rise of outdoor activities and holiday festivities, and these pastimes bring more opportunities for vision-threatening injuries.

According to published results, adolescent football players may exhibit impairments in oculomotor functions and several blood biomarkers associated with subconcussive head impacts.

A 33-year-old man presented to the Tufts Medical Center emergency department after being assaulted 2 days prior.

NEW ORLEANS — The COVID-19 pandemic may have affected consumer product-related ocular injuries among the older population, according to a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Nerf guns can cause ocular damage, contributing to the burden on health care and patient resources, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Corneal abrasions are the most common basketball-related eye injury, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

Intimate partner violence-related ocular injuries are more prevalent among individuals aged 18 to 39 years. The patients are more often women than men, and home is the most common injury location, according to a study.