J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1999 Sep;40(9):2640-2644.
A Case of Airbag Related Ocular Trauma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
Abstract
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With the increasing number of air bag-equipped vehicles, there has been a corresponding increase in the incidence of air bag-associated ocular trauma. We encountered a 38 years old man who sustained corneal damage, hyphema, angle recession, medial wall fracture, and visual damage by choroidal rupture of macula due to an inflated air bag in motor vehicle accident and brief review of related literature is presented.