Adult ocular injuries in Lesotho

Abstract

Two hundred and fifty-two adults were evaluated in a prospective study in Lesotho to determine the pattern of ocular injuries in a developing African country. The pattern was found to be similar to that of developed countries regarding increased incidence in young males, high frequency of assault injuries, and high incidence of lacerations to lids, cornea and sclera. The pattern differed from developed countries in the low incidence of perforating ocular injuries associated with occupation, motor vehicles and sports, the absence of orbital fractures, metallic intra-ocular foreign bodies, the low incidence of retinal detachment, and the generally poor visual results following perforating ocular injuries. Additional ophthalmic facilities with improved medical transportation is advocated in Lesotho to improve the visual prognosis in ocular injuries.

Eye injuries in rural Victoria, Australia

“…However, alignment of the epidemiological patterns identified in the present study with the epidemiological patterns identified in previous research is able to be demonstrated 1,3–5,9,10 . The male preponderance observed in this study is consistent with epidemiological studies from around the world 1–5,9–16 . The finding is thought to be universal and related to factors, including increased occupational exposure, increased rates of home handyman use of trade tools and machinery, increased risk taking behaviour and judgement impaired by alcohol 1,4,9–17 .…”

“…1,[3][4][5]9,10 The male preponderance observed in this study is consistent with epidemiological studies from around the world. [1][2][3][4][5][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The finding is thought to be universal and related to factors, including increased occupational exposure, increased rates of home handyman use of trade tools and machinery, increased risk taking behaviour and judgement impaired by alcohol. 1,4,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Forty-seven per cent of eye injuries presenting to the MBH ED in year 2004 were caused by trade tools and machinery such as grinders and welders, which occurred in the context of home handyman use on 60% of occasions and in the context of occupational use on 33% of occasions.…”

The study of simultaneous bilateral ocular trauma in Northern India: clinical presentation, epidemiology and patterns of injury

“…Similar incidence rates of assault-related ocular trauma have been previously reported (22-30%) [5,26,27]. However, other researchers have reported much higher incidence rates of assault-related ocular injury (34-53%) [20,28,29]. Other common causes of ocular injuries in the present study included RTIs (20.6%), sports/ recreational activities (17.7%) and cracker blasts (17.7%).…”

Simultaneous Bilateral Ocular Trauma: Clinical Presentation, Epidemiology and Patterns of Injury

“…[5,23,24] However, other researchers have reported much higher incidence rates of assault-related ocular injury(34-53%). [17,25,26] Other common causes of ocular injuries in the present study included RTIs (20.59%), Traumatic agents in the present study were mostly solid in nature (41.18%), with the most common mode of injury being collision/impact (41.18%), followed by blast/gunshots (20.59%). Over one-third of the victims (38.24%) were under the in uence of alcohol at the time of injury.…”