The abrasion affects your cornea, which is the clear layer that covers the iris — the colored part of your eye. It also shields the pupil, which is the black circle in the middle of your eye.

BACKGROUND: Shield-shaped corneal ulcers and corneal plaques in ... Spectacle-corrected visual acuity of 20/30 or better was obtained in each eye. CONCLUSIONS: In selected patients, excimer ...

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However, laser beams contain concentrated energy that, if mishandled, can cause severe burns, permanent eye damage, and substantial equipment ... energy can cause immediate damage to the retina and ...

Through MEDLINE and internet searches, this paper presents a systematic review of the current applications of surgical adhesives to corneal, glaucoma ... around the scleral flap area was observed in ...

"He took one shot at me with the baseball bat and my riot shield shattered ... it saved my eye, however it was unsuccessful in that it did not save my sight." His lense, cornea.

Over time, these irritants erode the protective tear film that shields ... such as corneal damage. Swelling around the eyes or a sensation of something being stuck in the eye—despite no visible ...

Years ago, a young patient's mother told Emily McCourt, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of ...

Ophthalmologists must embrace corneal diagnostics to select the proper patient for premium multifocal IOLs, according to a ...

A research team from the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, China, has developed a novel biocompatible nanoadhesive for ...