A prospective study of ocular injuries sustained during sport, was performed from January to June 1987. A total of 84 eye injuries were seen. Of these, 23 were severe enough to necessitate admission to hospital. These latter accounted for one quarter of all severe eye injuries during this period. Racquet sports caused 42% of the injuries, and 57% of the hospital admissions, including two penetr...

AIMS To determine the incidence of ocular trauma and corneal ulceration in the district of Bhaktapur in Kathmandu Valley, and to determine whether or not topical antibiotic prophylaxis can prevent the development of ulceration after corneal abrasion. METHODS A defined population of 34 902 individuals was closely followed prospectively for 2 years by 81 primary eye care workers who referred al...

A coloured male, aged i6 years, whose occupation was a metal grinder, was first seen in the Eye Out-Patients' Department at Groote Schuur Hospital on July I6, I97I. He gave a 3-day history of a sudden onset of pain in the left eye followed by swelling of the lids and proptosis. He could not recall sustaining trauma to the left eye nor could he recall being injured by a foreign body entering the...

A 27-year-old man presented to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota, in March 2011 complaining of redness, soreness, blurry vision and an irregular pupil in the right eye immediately following trauma with a hand to the right eye. His past ocular history was significant for congenital cataracts. In August 2007, he had a 19 D intraocular lens (IOL; CZ70BD; Alcon, Hünenbe...

PURPOSE To investigate the occurrence and types of motor vehicle accident eye trauma in north Israel. METHODS The records between the years 2007-2011 of the Ophthalmology Emergency Room of one medical center were searched. Eye injuries due to motor vehicle accidents were classified according to type, severity of injury and demographic data of patients. RESULTS Nearly five percents of ER pre...

purpose: to investigate the risk factors of wound dehiscence and lens extrusion following blunt trauma in patients with penetrating keratoplasty (pk) as well as the results of treatment. methods: in a retrospective case series, 7 eyes of 7 patients including 6 male and one female subjects were investigated. all cases received primary care at the time of referral and then underwent secondary rep...