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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15417| Title: | Severance of the optic nerve at the optic foramen caused by lead pellets |
| Authors: | Damato, Francis Joseph |
| Keywords: | Eye -- Wounds and injuries -- Malta -- Case studies Optic nerve -- Wounds and injuries Blindness |
| Issue Date: | 1973 |
| Publisher: | The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette |
| Citation: | Damato, F.J. (1973). Severance of the optic nerve at the optic foramen caused by lead pellets. The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette, 8(2), 130-132. |
| Abstract: | This is a report on two cases of sudden and complete loss of sight, following upon a laceration of the optic nerve near the optic foramen by means of a single lead pellet from a shot gun. Such cases are considered to be of interest because they are uncommon, also because of the almost identical clinical findings. The changes in the fundi, seen in these two cases, must have been caused either by a tangential grazing of the sclera by the pellet, or by the concussion waves travelling through the semi-fluid orbital contents. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15417 |
| Appears in Collections: | TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2 TSLHG, Volume 8, Issue 2 |
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| Severance of the Optic Nerve at the Optic Foramen caused by Lead Pellets.pdf | Published for the Consultant Staff Committee, St. Luke`s Hospital, Malta and the Medical and Dental Surgery Faculties of the Royal University of Malta. | 335.02 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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