@article{ref1,
title="Serious fireworks-related eye injuries in Alsace (France)",
journal="Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie",
year="2010",
author="Marsal, C. and Abry, F. and Bouyon, M. and Meyer, N. and Bourcier, T. and Speeg-Schatz, C.",
volume="33",
number="8",
pages="538-543",
abstract="AIM: The purpose of the study was to review cases of serious fireworks-related eye injuries presented in the Strasbourg (France) University Hospital ophthalmology emergency department and to analyze epidemiological and clinical data such as visual outcomes and risk factors. METHOD: A 13-year retrospective study (1994-2007) including fireworks-related ocular and adnexal injuries requiring hospitalization was conducted. RESULTS: Thirty-nine patients were reported; 95% were male. The mean age was 19.38 years old. There was 61.5% contusions, 33.3% eye and adnexal burns, and 15.4% of the patients suffered from a penetrating injury. More than half of the patients required emergency ophthalmic surgical procedures. Twenty-six percent of the patients had final visual acuity of 20/400 or less. CONCLUSIONS: Fireworks are a cause of severe eye injury in France. These injuries are potentially preventable, especially in young males.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0181-5512",
doi="10.1016/j.jfo.2010.06.015",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfo.2010.06.015"
}