@article{ref1,
title="The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system (BETT)",
journal="Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie",
year="2004",
author="Kuhn, F. and Morris, R. and Witherspoon, C. D. and Mester, V.",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="206-210",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0181-5512",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}