Chemical Ocular Burns

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. History of Chemical Burns and Relative Treatments

   • Patrice Josset, Norbert Schrage

   Pages 1-8

3. Epidemiology of Ocular Chemical Burn Injuries

   • Alan H. Hall

   Pages 9-15

4. The Chemical Agents and the Involved Chemical Reactions

   • François Burgher, Laurence Mathieu, Joël Blomet

   Pages 17-48

5. Histology and Physiology of the Cornea

   • Max Gérard, Patrice Josset

   Pages 49-57

6. Physiopathology of the Cornea and Physiopathology of Eye Burns

   • Norbert Schrage

   Pages 59-76

7. Rinsing Therapy of Eye Burns

   • Norbert Schrage

   Pages 77-92

8. The Clinical of Ocular Burns

   • Max Gérard

   Pages 93-102

9. Surgical Therapeutic of Ocular Burns

   • Harold Merle

   Pages 103-112

10. Emergency Treatment

    • Joël Blomet, Lucien Bodson, Max Gérard

    Pages 113-118

11. Back Matter

    Pages 119-122

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More than 25,000 chemical products have the potential to cause ocular burns. Because such burns can result in loss of sight or the need for corneal transplantation, they must be taken very seriously. This book is the first to be devoted entirely to chemical ocular burns. All aspects of the subject are covered, including history, epidemiology, chemical agents and reactions, histology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, medical and surgical treatments, and emergency care. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms involved in ocular burns and to the links between the chemical reactivity of corrosive agents and the clinical manifestations. Current principles of decontamination are fully explained and the latest treatment techniques are discussed in detail. This book stands at the interface of the chemical and medical sciences. It will be of great practical value to ophthalmologists and doctors in emergency medical and burns units, and will acquaint chemists with the clinical consequences of corrosivity.

• Chemicals
• Corneal Transplantation
• Corrosives
• Decontamination
• Eye
• Trauma

• Technologietransfer in der Ophthalmologi, Aachener Zentrum für, Aachen, Germany

  Norbert Schrage

• PREVOR, Valmondois, France

  François Burgher, Jöel Blomet

• , Urgences-SAMU, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium

  Lucien Bodson

• , Service d'Ophtalmologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France

  Max Gerard

• The Benchmark Building, TCMTS, Inc., Laramie, USA

  Alan Hall

• , Laboratoire d'Anotomo-pathologie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France

  Patrice Josset

• Prevor Laboratory, Valmondois, France

  Laurence Mathieu

• Hôpital Pierre Zobda Quitman, CHU de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique

  Harold Merle

Prof. Dr. Norbert SCHRAGE is Director of the Ophthalmology Hospital in Cologne. One focus of his work in both the clinical and the research environment is the treatment of eye burns, and more specifically the development of new rinsing solutions for such purposes. He follows a very interdisciplinary approach to solve clinical problems with input from medical, chemical and engineering experts. Another main area of research of Prof. Schrage is the development of keratoprosthesis.

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