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[Severe Eyeball and Facial Skeletal Injuries Caused by Firefighting Sport]
Š Rusňák1, Z Maranová1, Z Kasl1
1Klinik für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Pilsen, Tschechische Republik.
Abstract:
The aim of this work is to draw attention to possible injuries of the eye and the facial skeleton caused by firefighting sport. There was a group of 9 patients presented who were treated from 2006 to 2015 in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital in Pilsen and diagnosed with severe eyeball contusion after being hit by a jet of water and/or a water pipe. Three cases are presented in detail.
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