Explosions, man-made and accidental, continue to require improved emergency medical
responses. In the 1917 Halifax Explosion, an inordinate number of penetrating eye injuries …

The 1917 Halifax Explosion was an unfortunate but predictable tragedy, given the sea traffic
and munitions cargo, resulting in sudden large-scale damage and catastrophic injuries, with …

We describe the case of a 95-year-old woman with dense nuclear sclerotic cataracts and
pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. Preoperative phacodonesis was noted on slitlamp biomicroscopy…

Physicians performing medically necessary cataract surgery in all settings are paid the
same surgical fees by publicly funded insurance plans. Hospitals and independent health …

Background: Despite its prominence in Canadian history, there are few publications about
the Halifax Explosion of 1917 that deal with the care of victims with eye injuries. Methods: …

Objective In terms of social and political development, women’s human rights have not
evolved in many developing countries to the same extent as they have in the developed world. …

We stand and swap operatingroom chairs, soundless in our socked feet. The room is silent
as I run through the steps at the microscope: corneal incisions, viscoelastics, capsulorhexis—…

… Les différences des modes de pratique entre les hommes et les femmes dans notre analyse
marquent le temps chirurgical et aucune différence n’a été observée dans les autres modes …

… A total of 356 participants responded including 92 ophthalmologists and 27 trainees (N =
801 surveyed), and 185 obstetricians-gynecologists (OBGYNs) and 52 trainees (…

Drs Urbach and Martin highlight the issue of access to elective surgeries during the COVID-19
crisis. However, their solution--a single-entry care model—is overly simplistic and will do …