The Epidemiological Evaluation of Ocular Penetrating or Blunt Trauma Cases Applied to Emergency Room of an Eye Hospital

Abstract

Purpose: Our purpose was to evaluate the etiological and clinical features of the ocular blunt trauma or open globe injuries who applied to emergency room of our hospital in six months period. Methods: Our prospective study consisted of 268 eyes of 260 cases who had been applied to the emergency room of our hospital. In addition to detailed ophthalmological examination, the age and sex of the cases, the affected eye, the type and the etiology of the trauma were recorded. X-ray and ultrasonic examinations were performed in necessity. Results: The mean age of 206 male (79.2%) and 54 female (20.8%) cases was 31.7±2.04. Seventy-nine cases (30.4%) were younger than 16-year-old, 93 cases (35.8%) were between 17 and 40 year-old and 88 cases (33.8%) were older than 40 year-old. The most frequent trauma etiologies were injuries with wood (18.7%), metallic objects (direct injury or metal-on-metal mechanism, 17.5%), crush injuries (traffic accidents etc.13.6%) and Injuries by fist (assault injuries) (12.1%). Conclusion: According to our study, ocular blunt trauma or penetrating injuries mostly affect male cases than females. Most of the etiological factors were found to be preventable factors and this shows the importance of the protective measures.

Keywords

• Ocular trauma,,blunt trauma,penetrating injury,emergency room

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