Citation

Lin A, Confait C, Ahmad M, Cox R, Chen CJ. J. Miss. State Med. Assoc. 2014; 55(6): 176-178.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Mississippi State Medical Association)

DOI

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PMID

25137769

Abstract

AIM: To assess the nature, severity, and mechanisms of ocular trauma in the emergency room at an academic teaching hospital.

METHODS: Individual review of patients' records involving ocular trauma in the emergency room. Severe intraocular trauma was defined as any injury that required intraocular surgery, any traumatic optic neuropathy, or total destruction of the eye.

RESULTS: Of 519 patients in 2010 seen in the emergency room for ocular trauma, 52 patients (10%) had severe ocular trauma. Contusions (17) were the most common injury, followed closely by penetrating lacerations (16) and ruptures (16). In addition, 33 of these 52 patients (63.5%) had a full-thickness open globe injury, with physical assault as the most common etiology.

CONCLUSION: The most common severe ocular traumas seen in the emergency room were contusions, penetrating lacerations, and ruptures. Penetrating lacerations and ruptures were the most common causes of open eye wall injuries.

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