Pattern of trauma to anterior segment of eyes in a tertiary eye care centre of Jharkhand.
J Indian Med Assoc
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2008 May; 106(5): 289-90
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-103883
ABSTRACT
Ocular trauma to anterior segment as an important cause of preventable morbidity to vision is commonly encountered in this tertiary care centre and requires a targeted approach for preventing visual impairment and loss to the population at large. To find out sociodemographic and clinical pattern of anterior segment involvement in patients of trauma to the eye, a retrospective study was carried out in 380 eyes of 354 patients in Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, RIMS, Ranchi during the period July, 2005 to June 2007. Demographic profile, nature of injury and visual acuity were studied from the records. More than 3/4 ths of patients were male, nearly 46.9% of them in the age group of 21-40 years, blunt injury accounted for 62.4% of cases and right eye affected in 260 cases (68.4%). Cornea bore the brunt most often (56.6%) and most common visual acuity at presentation was less than 6/60 to perception of light (41.8%).
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Vision Tests
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Wounds and Injuries
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Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Visual Acuity
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Med Assoc
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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