Open-globe injuries: the experience at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
;
: 405-412, 2003.
Artigo
em Malaiala
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-629872
ABSTRACT
Between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2000, 152 patients (156 eyes) with open-globe injuries were treated in the Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru. The majority were male (88.2%), Malay (63.2%), from the Johor Bahru district (51.3%) and aged between 21 and 30 years (23.7%). Most injuries were workplace-related (41.4%). Lens injury, retinal detachment, endophthalmitis, intraocular foreign bodies and phthisis occurred in 40.4%, 15.4%, 14.7%, 12.2% and 11.5% of eyes respectively. A favourable visual outcome occurred in 55.4% of eyes. Prognostic factors for visual outcome include presenting visual acuity, relative afferent pupillary defect, wound location, lens injury, retinal detachment and endophthalmitis.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Ferimentos Oculares Penetrantes
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Hospitais Gerais
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Malásia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Malaiala
Revista:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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