J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1987 Jun;28(3):623-633.
A Clinical Study of Ocular Injuries
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Korea.
Abstract
- 1,072 cases of ocular injuries, including 271 cases of in-patients, who visited department of ophthalmology of Chungnam National University Hospital from January 1,1981 to December 31, 1985, were clinically analyzed. The results were as follows: 1. The incidence of ocular injuries was 8.1% of all eye patients and 16.0% of all patients admitted to this ophthalmologic department. 2. The incidence was more common in male(82.0%) and in the age of 3rd to 4th decades(53.7%). 3. Monocular injuries accounted for 90.4% of ocular injuries. There was no significant difference in the incidence between the right and left eye. 4. Tho ocular injuries were more common in the spring(27.4%), but in children the incidence was higher during the vacation. 5. The patients who visited this hospital within 24 hours after injury accounted for 89.8%. 6. The most common cause of ocular injuries was fist or finger(15.9%), followed by iron products(12.6%) and traffic accident(10.9%), but the injuries by iron products(32.1%) were most common in the admitted patients. 7. The most common ocular injury was eyelid laceration (15.3%), followed by subconjunctival hemorrhage(12.5%) and conjunctival foreign body(8.6%). In the cases of in-patients, corneal laceration(21.2%) was most common, followed by corneoscleral laceration(14.9%) and lens perforation(10.2%). The corneal perforation was 52.1% of all perforating eye injuries. 8. Surgical procedure included corneal suture(21.1%), lensectomy(12.5%), enucleation or evisceration(11.2%), and others. 9. Visual acuity was improved in most cases by treatment, but the corrected vision after treatment was less than 0.1 in 33.2%, which was mainly due to the perforating eye injuries. 10. The most common complication of ocular injuries after treatment was corneal opacity(36.3%), followed by secondary glaucoma(14.6%) and traumatic cataract(6.4%).
