LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE EYE SPLASH INJURIES OF ECHINOCOCCAL FLUID DURING SURGERY OF THE PERITONEAL ECHINOCOCCOSIS: OUR EXPERIENCES DUE TO TWO CASES
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Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Diyarbakır, Turkey
 
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Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophtalmology, Diyarbakır, Turkey
 
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Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Diyarbakır, Turkey
 
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Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
 
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Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, Diyarbakır, Turkey
 
 
Online publication date: 2004-07-15
 
 
Publication date: 2004-07-15
 
 
Corresponding author
Mustafa Aldemir   

Dicle Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi İlk ve Acil Yardım AD. 21280, Diyarbakır, Turkey. Tel: +90 412 248 8155. Fax: +90 412 248 8440.
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2004;1(3):43-44
 
ABSTRACT
The surgeon today is obliged to operate on an increasing number of patients who are classified at high risk. The hazards of blood splashes at operation have also been reported suggesting that Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transmitted by conjunctival contamination (1,2). The eye splash injuries due to peritoneal echinococcal fluid have not been determined in the literature. We reviewed our experiences relevant to two surgeons exposed to the eye splash injuries due to peritoneal echinococcal fluid in order to emphasize the risks of transmission of infections via the eye.
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