Citation

Ag el Mouchtahide M. J. Fr. Ophtalmol. 1994; 17(12): 750-754.

Vernacular Title

Les traumatismes oculaires chez les enfants de 0 a 15 ans. A propos de 63

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Masson Editeur)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7722236

Abstract

Retrospective study of children eye injuries in 0 to 15 year-old children through a daily consultation over 4 years (from january 1986 to december 1989) in Yeelen Center in Sikasso (Mali) shows these facts: boys were more affected than girls; Children of 6 to 10 years were the most exposed; Eye injuries were more frequent and more severe in urban areas than in rural areas; the injuries of the lens, the hyphemas and the cornea were the most frequent and most strinking blind.

Language: fr