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Iraq war eye injuries

Ocular penetrating injuries, retinal detachments, intraocular foreign bodies and cataracts in soldiers

1:40 | Emergency Medicine, Ophthalmology, Surgery

Philip C. Palmisano, MD, MPH, Chief of Ophthalmology, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, describes the types of eye injuries treated seen in the United States soldier; 10 percent of battlefield injuries are ocular.

References and Resources
Biehl JW, Valdez J, Hemady RK, Steidl SM, Bourke DL. Penetrating eye injury in war. Mil Med. 1999 Nov;164(11):780-4.

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