RESUMEN
Ocular traumatisms represent an important cause of morbidity in children. They expose to a major risk of amblyopia. This retrospective study is about 136 children aged of 1 to 15 years, admitted to the hospital of HABIB BOURGUIBA SFAX between 1992 and 1998 for ocular traumatism. Sex ratio was 2.77. The domestic accident represented the most frequent circumstance(45.59%). Ocular traumatism are primarily caused in our cases by projection of stones (33.09%). Perforation was twice more frequent than contusions. Anterior segment lesions were dominated by corneoscleral wounds(61.03%). Vitreous hemorrhage was the most frequent lesion of the posterior segment (9.56%) We found palpebral wound without lesion of lacrimal tract in four cases. The recourse to surgery treatment was imperative in 2/3 of cases. A healing was noted in 20.59% of cases, but the prognostic was always bad because 55.88% of children had a visual acuity less than 1/10 and 10% had a phtisis of the ocular globe. The functional consequences and the esthetic prejudice emphasize the importance of the prevention.
