Chemical Ocular Burns New Understanding and Treatments

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 chemic

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Norbert Schrage  •  François Burgher Jöel Blomet  •  Lucien Bodson Max Gerard  •  Alan Hall Patrice Josset  •  Laurence Mathieu Harold Merle

Chemical Ocular Burns New Understanding and Treatments

Max Gérard, MD

Authors Norbert Schrage, MD

Alan H. Hall, MD

François Burgher, MD

Patrice Josset, MD

Joël Blomet, MSc

Laurence Mathieu, PhD

Lucien Bodson, MD

Harold Merle, MD

Max Gérard, MD

ISBN  978-3-642-14549-0

e-ISBN  978-3-642-14550-6

DOI  10.1007/978-3-642-14550-6 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937959 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudioCalamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

List of Authors

Norbert Schrage, MD  Department of Ophthalmology of the City Hospital, Augenklinik Köln Merheim, 52070 Aachen, Germany [email protected] François Burgher, MD  PREVOR Laboratory, Moulin de Verville, 97760 Valmondois, France [email protected] Joël Blomet, MSc  PREVOR Laboratory, Moulin de Verville, 95760 Valmondois, France [email protected] Lucien Bodson, MD  CHU de Liège, Urgences-SAMU, Bat. 35, Sart Tilman par 4000, 1 Liège, Belgium [email protected] Max Gérard, MD  Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Service d’Opthalmologie, 97306 Cayenne, Guyane, France [email protected] Alan H. Hall, MD  TCMTS, Inc., The Benchmark Building, 1050 North 3rd street, Suite H, 82072 Laramie Wyoming, USA [email protected] Patrice Josset, MD  Hôpital Trousseau, Laboratoire d’Anotomopathologie, Avenue du Dr. Arnold Netter 26, 75012 Paris, France [email protected] Laurence Mathieu, PhD  Prevor Laboratory, Moulin de Verville, 95760 Valmondois, France [email protected] Harold Merle, MD  CHU de Fort de France, Hôpital Pierre Zobda Quitman, 97261 Fort de France, Martinique [email protected]

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Foreword

Despite rapid advances made in a number of medical fields for the last decades,