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Retinal hemorrhage (UK English: retinal haemorrhage) is a disorder of the eye in which bleeding occurs in the retina, the light sensitive tissue, located on the back wall of the eye. [ 1] There are photoreceptor cells in the retina called rods and cones, which transduce light energy into nerve signals that can be processed by the brain to form ...
Intraocular hemorrhage is classified based on the location of the bleeding: Hyphema (in the anterior chamber) Suprachoroidal hemorrhage (SCH) is a rare complication of intraocular surgery in which blood from the ciliary arteries enters the space between the choroid and the sclera. It is potentially vision-threatening. [3] [4]
August 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM. Doctors can stop severe bleeding ‘in seconds’ with newly approved trauma product. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a novel treatment that is ...
Radiation burn. A radiation burn is a damage to the skin or other biological tissue and organs as an effect of radiation. The radiation types of greatest concern are thermal radiation, radio frequency energy, ultraviolet light and ionizing radiation . The most common type of radiation burn is a sunburn caused by UV radiation.
August 19, 2024 at 5:13 AM. Cresilon. The Food and Drug Administration approved a device that can stop life-threatening bleeding in seconds. Traumagel, developed by Cresilon, is a medical device ...
The detached retina was caused by a cancerous tumor that had wrapped around Hensley’s optic nerve. She was diagnosed with ocular melanoma that began when the freckle in the back of her eye ...
When eyes are untaped during general anaesthesia, the incidence of ocular injury has been reported to be as high as 44%. [ 1][ 2] If tape is used to hold the eyes closed, ocular injury occurs during 0.1-0.5% of general anaesthetics, and is usually corneal in nature. [ 3][ 4] Intraoperative eye injuries account for 2% of medico-legal claims ...
Cauterization. Cauterization (or cauterisation, or cautery) is a medical practice or technique of burning a part of a body to remove or close off a part of it. It destroys some tissue in an attempt to mitigate bleeding and damage, remove an undesired growth, or minimize other potential medical harm, such as infections when antibiotics are ...