Electrial injury and cataracts: an unusual case
West Indian med. j
;
36(2): 114-6, June 1987. ilus
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in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-70831
ABSTRACT
a 24-years-old male Jamaican building worker developed cataracts four months after electrical injury from a high tension cable. His visual acuity fell to perception of hand movements at 1 metre. Extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation restored his visual acuity to 20/25(6/7.5). Mechanisms for this unusual complications of electrical injury are discussed
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Main subject:
Electric Injuries
Type of study:
Etiology study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1987
Type:
Article
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