Ocular trauma: The burden of preventable eye injury

The burden of serious ocular injury.

Glaucoma following penetrating ocular trauma: a cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry.

PURPOSE To evaluate associations between baseline structural and functional ocular characteristics and the risk of developing posttraumatic glaucoma after penetrating ocular injury. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Data from the United States Eye Injury Registry (USEIR) were obtained from a total of 3,627 patients who experienced penetrating ocular injury. The risk of posttraumatic ...

history of ocular trauma in tehran population: tehran eye study

purpose : to study the age and gender specific history of ocular trauma in the population of tehran methods : using a stratified cluster sampling approach, 6,497 residents of tehran were selected. participants were transferred to an eye clinic to have complete eye examinations. during the interview, participants were asked about any history of ocular trauma, and any treatment or hospitalization...

Primary level management of eye injury/trauma

Ocular damage after blunt trauma to the eye.

Blunt injury to the eye results in a spectrum ofdamage to the intraocular structures. Many retrospective but few prospective studies have been performed on selected aspects of ocular damage after blunt injury. This review has been conducted on a prospective basis, and the total ocular damage and subsequent complications have been studied, particularly in relation to the site and nature of the i...