TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - A study of perforating eye injuries at the Ophthalmology Department, National University of Malaysia
JO  - Medical journal of Malaysia
A1  - Zainal, M.
A1  - Goh, P. P.
SP  - 12
EP  - 16
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
N2  - One hundred and sixty seven (167) perforating eye injuries involving 159 patients were analyzed in a retrospective study over a three-year period. The degree of blindness and their associated factors were determined. Most patients were in the first three decades of life and were males. One hundred and seven (64%) eyes had vision of 3/60 or worse at initial assessment. Of these only 45% of eyes had improved vision to 6/36 or better at six months of follow-up. Fifty-five per cent of eyes were blind. The only significant associated factor identified was the extent of injury. Age, time interval and mechanism of injury were not significant factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0300-5283
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -