TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Ocular trauma score in transferred fireworks-related ocular injuries: a case series
JO  - Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi
A1  - Liu, Yong
A1  - Huang, Yi-Fei
A1  - Jiang, Jing-Jing
A1  - Yu, Ji-Feng
A1  - Gong, Yu-Bo
A1  - Zhou, Xi-Bin
A1  - Du, Gai-Ping
A1  - Xu, Qian-Qian
SP  - 321
EP  - 327
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND Our aim was to review the characteristics of transferred fireworks-related ocular damage and to evaluate the prognostic value of the ocular trauma score (OTS) for these injuries. METHODS This study included 22 transferred patients (19 male, 3 female; mean age 22.6±14.9 years) (25 eyes). The data were retrospectively reviewed, including the characteristics of the geography, types of fireworks, status of injuries, therapeutic procedures, and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). All the injured eyes were classified using the OTS at the time of the initial examination. RESULTS Twenty eyes (80%) were in OTS category 1, three eyes (12%) were in OTS category 2, and two eyes (8%) were in OTS category 3. All cases received surgical therapy. Six eyes (24%) were enucleated, four (16%) of which achieved an improvement in their final BCVA. There was a statistically significant improvement in final BCVA between OTS category 1 and the other two OTS categories (p=0.016). CONCLUSION The aforementioned transferred fireworks-related ocular injury cases occurred mainly in young adults, men and active participants, all of which incurred serious vision loss and blindness. The OTS is quite effective for classifying the status and estimating the prognosis of transferred fireworks-related ocular injuries.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1306-696X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -