TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Sport-related eye injury in northern Israel
JO  - Israel medical association journal : IMAJ
A1  - Yulish, Michael
A1  - Reshef, Noam
A1  - Lerner, Aleks
A1  - Pikkel, Joseph
SP  - 763
EP  - 765
VL  - 15
IS  - 12
N2  - BACKGROUND: Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity OBJECTIVES: To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel. METHODS: We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data. RESULTS: In 2% of the patients the injuries occurred during a sport activity. Most of the injuries occurred during soccer, basketball or school sport activity (74%). The majority of patients were young males. CONCLUSIONS: Most sports-related eye injuries can be prevented with adequate eye protection.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1565-1088
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -