Several previous studies have shown that floorball belongs to a high-risk group of sports in terms of eye injuries. Protective eyewear is available, but the extent of its use and impact on eye injuries are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the current incidence of eye injuries caused by floorball and to compare it with the present use of protective eyewear. Medical records w...

INTRODUCTION Eye injuries represent a significant problem in children. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and causes of the eye injury and to propose measures of the eye injury prevention in children up to 15 years of age. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 552 children with the eye injuries treated at the Clinic of Eye Diseases in Belgrade during the perio...

Blindness due to ocular trauma is a significant problem in the United States considering that each year approximately 500,000 years of eyesight are lost. The most likely sources of eye injuries include sports related impacts, automobile accidents, consumer products, and military combat. Out of the 1.9 million total eye injuries in the country, more than 600,000 sports injuries occur each year a...

OBJECTIVE To describe the increasing incidence of ocular injuries in the pediatric population caused by paintballs. The awareness of this trend will help the physician who treats the child to give appropriate care as well as educate physicians, who counsel children, about this growing mechanism of pediatric injuries. METHODS Previously unpublished data from the US Consumer Product Safety Comm...

Background and objective Aside from direct toxic effects, Sulfur Mustard (SM) induced serum hormone abnormalities may aggravate ocular complaints, including Ocular Surface Discomfort (OSD) (burning, itching, and redness), dry eye sensation, photophobia, blurred vision, foreign body sensation, and pain. The aim of the current study was to investigate the possible associ...

Introduction . Fractures of the maxilla are characterized by such features as close location vital anatomical structures, visual organ, well aesthetic importance this area face and presence risk serious complications. The aim work was to estimate level angiogenic factors in oral fluid: vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), D (VEGF-D), placental (PIGF), platelet-derived BB (PDGF-BB) (VE...