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Healing Of Cornea Following An Electric Burn, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Farheen Shaikh, Khabir Ahmad
Healing Of Cornea Following An Electric Burn, Tanveer Anjum Chaudhry, Farheen Shaikh, Khabir Ahmad
Department of Surgery
ABSTRACT Electrical injuries have become a significant health problem in developing countries because of increase in access to electricity in the last few decades and lack of adequate safety measures. Electrical injuries of eyes are relatively uncommon. A case report of a rapid and complete corneal healing accompanied by satisfactory visual recovery after an electric burn event in a 20-year-old male is reported. The patient had accidental exposure to high voltage live wire while he was repairing it, resulting in severe ocular and superficial body burn. He was not wearing any protective equipment at the time of injury. On examination, …