Chemical Ocular Burns

Prof. Dr. Norbert SCHRAGE is Director of the Ophthalmology Hospital in Cologne. One focus of his work in both the clinical and the research environment is the treatment of eye burns, and more specifically the development of new rinsing solutions for such purposes. He follows a very interdisciplinary approach to solve clinical problems with input from medical, chemical and engineering experts. Another main area of research of Prof. Schrage is the development of keratoprosthesis.

• History of Chemical Burns and Relative Treatments.- Epidemiology of Ocular Burns.- The Chemical Agents and the Involved Chemical Reactions.- Histology and Physiology of the Cornea.- Physiopathology of the Cornea and Physiopathology of the Eye.- Rinsing Therapy of Eye Burns.- The Clinical of Ocular Burns.- Surgical Therapeutic of Ocular Burns.- Emergency Treatment.- Treatment of Ocular Injury: The importance of the Emergency Chain for Care.- Index.