title: [Evaluation of direct occupational ocular trauma using electrophysiological techniques].
abstract: The most recent data from National Institute Insurance Work Accident (INAIL) confirm the high incidence of ocular injury as accident work. In this work the authors analyse the most common clinical form of occupational ocular trauma with the purpose to evaluate the use of electrophysiological tests in the diagnosis and in the follow up of these accidents. Authors admit the importance of more recent techniques as TC and MR in the diagnosis of these injuries; however, they conclude that electrophysiological tests can be considered as a first choice for the evaluation of the evolution and sequelae of ocular traumatism, for their low cost and easy application.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sociale e del Territorio dell'Università di-Messina Sez. di Medicina del Lavoro, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria G Martino, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giorgianni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Arrigo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brecciaroli
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D004585:Electrooculography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D004596:Electroretinography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors