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Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the clinical and social characteristics of non-penetrating ocular injuries and use the results for treatment and prevention.
Methods
A retrospective survey was performed on 468 eyes of 421 patients, who visited our clinic due to non-penetrating ocular injuries from January 2010 to December 2010. The incidence of ocular injuries, sex, age, monthly and seasonal dis-tribution, side, cause, influence of alcohol, and change in visual acuity were reviewed statistically.
Results
The incidence of non-penetrating ocular injuries was 4.9%. The incidence was more common in males (82.9%), in the 3rd decade of life (23.5%) and in summer (30.8%). Minor injuries (36.1%) were the most common caused by scratch-es, finger pricks, nails, or small foreign bodies. The second common cause was violence (16.4%), followed by traffic acci-dents (14.7%). The injuries related to alcohol represented 12.6% of all cases. When considering initial diagnoses, peri-orbital contusion and corneal abrasion were the most common. The initial visual acuity was less than 20/200 in 9.4% of the eyes and the final acuity after a 6-months of treatment was less than 20/200 in 3.0% of the eyes.
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Figure 2.
Two cases of traumatic optic neuropathy presented with metamorphopsia. Fundus findings and opti-cal coherence tomographic findings show peripapillary subretinal hemorrhage.
Table 1.
Monthly, seasonal distribution of non-penetrating ocular injuries
Table 2.
Age distribution of non-penetrating ocular injuries
| Age (years) | 0-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70- | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patients (%) | 10 (2.4) | 74 (17.6) | 99 (23.5) | 83 (19.7) | 74 (17.6) | 42 (9.9) | 33 (7.9) | 6 (1.4) | 421 (100.0) |
Table 3.
Causes of non-penetrating ocular injures
Table 4.
Diagnostic types of non-penetrating ocular injures
Table 5.
Visual acuity of the injured eye on initial visit and fi-nal visit
Table 6.
The domestic incidence of ocular injuries of the all ophthalmologic patients
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