TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system (BETT)
JO  - Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie
A1  - Kuhn, F.
A1  - Morris, R.
A1  - Witherspoon, C. D.
A1  - Mester, V.
SP  - 206
EP  - 210
VL  - 27
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0181-5512
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -