Wednesday, May 10, 2006

BETTER NOT TO PATCH SMALL CORNEAL ABRASIONS


Patching for corneal abrasion (Cochrane Review) This review concluded:
"Treating simple corneal abrasions with a patch does not improve healing rates on the first day post-injury and does not reduce pain. In addition, use of patches results in a loss of binocular vision. Therefore it is recommended that patches should not be used for simple corneal abrasions. Further research should focus on large (greater than 10 mm2) abrasions."

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