Injecting Smart Glue Could Be A Temporary Fix For Severe Eyeball Injury On The Battlefield - IFLScience
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Researchers have developed a new treatment that involves injecting smart glue into the site of a major injury in the eyeball. This then solidifies into a plug to seal the wound.
In theory, this should give the patient more time to get to safety and receive medical treatment in order to permanently close the injury and hopefully save the eye from further damage.
Although less discussed, serious eye injury is a major problem in modern warfare. “If you look at historical data over the last several decades, the rate of war-related ocular injuries has steadily increased from a fraction of a percent to as high as 10 to 15 percent,” explains researcher John Whalen, who co-authored the study published in Science Translational Medicine, in a statement. This is at least in part down to the changes in warfare, particularly when it comes to improvised explosive devices.
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