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Blast Injuries of the Eye

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The eyes occupy 0.1 % of the total, and 0.27 % of the anterior body surface. As vision in the most important sense, the significance of their injury is far more substantial. Loss of vision is likely to lead to loss of career, major lifestyle changes and disfigurement. Eye injuries come at a high cost to society and are largely avoidable (Scott 2010). This chapter identifies the range of ocular blast injuries in relation to the anatomical features of the eye (Fig. 29.1).

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  1. Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham, UK

    Robert A. H. Scott FRCS (Ed), FRCOphth, DM, (RAF)

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

    Anthony M. J. Bull

  2. Frimley Park Foundation Trust, Frimley, Surrey, United Kingdom

    Jon Clasper

  3. The ICT Centre, Birmingham Research Park, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Peter F. Mahoney

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Scott, R.A.H. (2016). Blast Injuries of the Eye. In: Bull, A., Clasper, J., Mahoney, P. (eds) Blast Injury Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21867-0_29

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