Periorbital burns – A 6 year review of management and outcome. Issue 3 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fitzgerald O'Connor, Edmund; Frew, Q.; Din, A.; Pleat, J.; Ashraff, S.; Ghazi-Nouri, S.; El-Muttardi, N.; Philp, B.; Dziewulski, P.
• Is Part Of: Burns. Volume 41:Issue 3(2015)
• Page Start: 616
• Page End: 623
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Burns and scalds -- Periodicals; 617.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.08.022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-4179

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Facial burns are common.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Early appreciation of an ocular injury is vital.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">The goal of surgery is to allow complete eye closure and to prevent lagophthalmos at rest.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">In our cohort of 103 patients over 6 years 4.8% developed late eye complications and 1% of patients lost vision in one eye.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>