Periorbital burns – A 6 year review of management and outcome

Highlights • Facial burns are common. • Early appreciation of an ocular injury is vital. • The goal of surgery is to allow complete eye closure and to prevent lagophthalmos at rest. • In our cohort of 103 patients over 6 years 4.8% developed late eye complications and 1% of patients lost vision in o...

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Published in:Burns 2015-05, Vol.41 (3), p.616-623
Main Authors: Fitzgerald O’Connor, Edmund, Frew, Q, Din, A, Pleat, J, Ashraff, S, Ghazi-Nouri, S, El-Muttardi, N, Philp, B, Dziewulski, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Amnion - transplantation
Burn Units
Burns
Burns - complications
Burns - surgery
Child
Cohort Studies
Critical Care
Disease Management
Eye Burns - complications
Eye Burns - surgery
Eyelid Diseases - surgery
Facial burns
Facial Injuries - surgery
Female
Humans
Male
Ocular injury
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
Retrospective Studies
Skin Transplantation - methods
Treatment Outcome
United Kingdom
Vision Disorders - etiology
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Summary:Highlights • Facial burns are common. • Early appreciation of an ocular injury is vital. • The goal of surgery is to allow complete eye closure and to prevent lagophthalmos at rest. • In our cohort of 103 patients over 6 years 4.8% developed late eye complications and 1% of patients lost vision in one eye.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2014.08.022