PURPOSE: To evaluate the international eye injury scene and design a standardized terminology for mechanical eye injuries. METHODS: Surveys of practicing ophthalmologists and an extensive review of the international ocular trauma literature. Development of the Birmingham Trauma Terminology (BETT) using a logic-based approach. RESULTS: BETT always uses the entire globe as the tissue of reference. Its well-defined terms encompass all types of mechanical eye injury. A one-to-one relationship exists between terms and clinical conditions. CONCLUSION: BETT provides an unambiguous, consistent, simple, and comprehensive system to describe any type of mechanical globe trauma. Endorsed by several societies and peer-reviewed journals as the standardized international language of ocular traumatology, BETT is expected to become the preferred terminology for categorizing eye injuries in daily clinical practice.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the international eye injury scene and design a standardized terminology for mechanical eye injuries. METHODS: Surveys of practicing ophthalmologists and an extensive review of the international ocular trauma literature. Development of the Birmingham Trauma Terminology (BETT) using a logic-based approach. RESULTS:BETT always uses the entire globe as the tissue of reference. Its well-defined terms encompass all types of mechanical eye injury. A one-to-one relationship exists between terms and clinical conditions. CONCLUSION:BETT provides an unambiguous, consistent, simple, and comprehensive system to describe any type of mechanical globe trauma. Endorsed by several societies and peer-reviewed journals as the standardized international language of ocular traumatology, BETT is expected to become the preferred terminology for categorizing eye injuries in daily clinical practice.
Authors: A/L Paramananda Madhusudhan; Li Min Evelyn-Tai; Noordin Zamri; Hussein Adil; Wan Hitam Wan-Hazabbah Journal: Int J Ophthalmol Date: 2014-06-18 Impact factor: 1.779