A Clinical Study of the Ocular Injuries

ABSTRACT

The 522 ocular injuries among the 23,249 out and in patients who visited to Dept. of Ophthalmology from 1 Jan., 1980 to 31 July, 1986 were clinically evaluated. 1. The incidence of ocular injuries was 2.2% of all patients. 2. The incidence was more common in male (82.8%) and in the age of second and third decade(57.9%). 3. The ocular injuries were brought regardless of the season. 4. Small iron particles were the most common causative agent and the majority of ocular injuries. 5. Perforating injury was the most common nature of ocular injuries. 6. Primary operations included the sutures of cornea or sclera(49.7%), repair of lid(28.7%), or enucleation or evisceration(7.4%), and secondary operations included most commonly cataract operations, and others. 7. The final visual acuity of 20.7% was 0.1 or less, and 57.1 % was 0.9 or more.