Chemical burn injuries are a result of exposure to acid, alkali, or organic compounds. In this retrospective study, a total of 21 patients suffering occupational chemical burns, came to the emergency room at the University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, from 2008 to 2010; 76.2% were workers, 19% were farmers, and 4.8% were desk officers. The majority of burns were due to exposure to acid ...

In Germany, chemical eye burns are a common and recurring cause of long-term vision disorders and even blindness. Severe eye burns, however, have become less common thanks to sophisticated safety systems and high levels of safety standards in industrial workplaces. In contrast, extremely hazardous substances capable of causing severe eye damage are readily available on the private consumer mark...

Patients with extensive burns (TBSA over 45%) can benefit from treatment with split thickness skin allotransplants (skin bank or honorific donors). In this study, we present our protocols for the surgical treatment by using allografts. We emphasize the criteria for the staging of the procedures, the prioritisation of the areas that need to be grafted and the postoperative management. The treatm...

BACKGROUND The therapeutic effects of allogeneic cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET) for symblephara at different degrees caused by ocular burns were evaluated in this study. METHODS A series of interventional cases were involved in this retrospective study. Eighty eyes (80 patients) with symblephara underwent CLET and the success rates of surgical treatment as well as corneal...

Fever is a very common manifestation of disease. Its value as a diagnostic sign. has been recognized for more than 20 centuries,1 and yet the precise mechanisms which cause it are still unknown. About a hundred years ago, a group of German clinicians and pathologists2-4 advanced the theory that fever is in some way related to inflammation. This hypothesis was supported by the demonstration that...

For the 14 months 1 January 1985 to 28 February 1986 all cases of chemical eye injury presenting to the Croydon Eye Unit were analysed. Of the 180 cases 19 were caused by assaults and 14 were admitted for treatment. The wide range of injurious substances is emphasised, and the circumstances of injury are listed. A discussion of the management of chemical eye injury is included.

This brief report highlights three cases of iatrogenic electrocautery burns with review of the relevant published literature. The aim is to prompt awareness among surgeons and theatre staff regarding this avoidable hazard associated with the equipment frequently used for the purpose of electrocautery. This may serve as a reminder to professionals to be cautious about the pitfalls that lead to s...

accidental exposure. Kanerva et al9 described sensitization in 2 workers who suffered burns after exposure to MCI/ MI; within 24 hours these were complicated by allergic reactions. Patch testing was positive for MCI/MI. Other derivatives of isothiazolinone have also been shown to cause sensitization after accidental burns.13,14 Eczematous lesions appeared very rapidly (less than 120 hours) afte...