Citation

Pikkel J, Gelfand Y, Miller B. Harefuah 1995; 129(7-8): 249-50, 295, 294.

Affiliation

Dept. of Ophthalmology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Israel Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8549963

Abstract

The incidence of sports-related eye injuries was analyzed retrospectively for 1991-1993. It was fairly steady at about 2% of all eye casualties annually. 21% of those with sports-related eye injuries required hospitalization. The commonest pathological findings were corneal erosion (32%), eye lid injuries (27%), hyphema (19%) and macular edema (3%). Most eyes were injured during soccer (37%) and basketball (27%) games, the most popular sports in Israel.

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