Ocular Injuries Caused by Windshield Damage

ABSTRACT

We studied clinically 33 in patients(48 eyes) of windshield ocular injuries among 72 in patients who had ocular injuries by traffic accidents and underwent surgical treatment in Department of Ophthalmology of Han Gang Sacred Heart Hospital from 1. Jan, 1980 to 31. July, 1987. The results of analysis were as follows 1. The incidence of windshield ocular injuries was 45.8% of all the ocular injuries caused by traffic accident. 2. The incidence was more common in male(81.9%) and in the age of 4th decades(39.4%). 3. The incidence of bilateral ocular injuries was 45.3%. 4. The ocular injuries were more common in front right seats(54.5%) than driver's seats(45.5%). 5. Eyebll injuries occured in 77.1% and among them, corneoscleral laceration was most common. 6. There was no significant statiscal value of final visual acuity between laceration involvin the cornea only and laceration involving the cornea and anterior sclera. 7. Final V.A less than 0.1 was 43.7% and the most common cause of visual impairment was corneal opacity.