[Ocular lesions related to pellet pistols. Epidemiologic study of 160 patients]. / Lésions oculaires par pistolet à grenailles. Etude épidémiologique de 160 patients.

We present a retrospective study of ocular trauma related to pellet guns. During 5 years, 160 such patients were seen in our emergency unit. 80% of cases were men, and range age was 28 years. Ocular trauma circumstances was a fight in 85%. Ocular trauma was unilateral in 109 patients, and bilateral in 51 patients. We observed a complete disorganisation of the eye in 8 eyes, intraocular foreign bodies in 71 eyes, intraorbital foreign bodies without ocular lacerations in 23 eyes, and blunt trauma in 108 eyes. Final vision is poor or absent in 31 eyes.