The Israeli Ocular Injuries Study

Koval, R.

doi:10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130846037

Cited by 60 publications

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“…Most of the injuries occurred at the work place, injuries at home being unusual. This is in contrast to two previous studies 14 , 16 , 20 wherein the home has been identified as being the most common environment for a serious eye injury to take place. This could be due to greater awareness of the hazards of ocular trauma at the work place.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The lack of uniform, large‐numbered prospective studies on ocular trauma has recently been emphasized 11 . The present study differs from the previously reported series 12 –16 on ocular trauma in that it includes a homogeneous group of patients with direct ocular trauma treated at a tertiary care centre using a multi‐disciplinary approach.…”

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confidence: 87%

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Demography and prognostic factors of ocular injuries in South India

Gothwal

Adolph

Jalali

et al. 1999

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

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Direct ocular trauma remains an important potentially preventable cause of ocular morbidity, but the advent of modern surgical techniques can often restore useful vision in such situations. Mandatory use of protective eye wear at work, public health education including awareness on the part of parents to the potential dangers of some childrens' toys can to an extent help reduce ocular morbidity due to direct ocular trauma.

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confidence: 87%

Demography and prognostic factors of ocular injuries in South India

Gothwal

Adolph

Jalali

et al. 1999

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…The incidence of the left and right eye injuries was equal. The literature data are different, with the slight predominance of the right eye injuries [8,9]. Injury to both eyes was found in nine subjects.…”

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“…A study carried out by the American National Society for the Prevention of Blindness found that 55% of all injuries happen before the age of 25, and that trauma is the most frequent cause of the vision loss during the first decade of life in one third of cases with the open eyeball injuries, being the most common reason for enucleation in children over 3 years of age [8]. In spite of continuous improvements in equipment and surgical techniques, material and knowledge, the results of penetrating eyeball injury treatment are often unsatisfactory [8], which points out the need to improve preventive measures. Prevention will be best applied if the dangers are understood by obtaining the insights into the most common causes of injuries, through the identification and elimination of causes of injuries at home and in traffic and through paying greater attention to the supervision of children.…”

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Mechanical eye injuries in children aged 0-15 years treated at the Clinic of Eye Diseases in Belgrade: Frequency, causes and preventive measures

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Eye injuries in children still represent a severe health problem. Regarding the youngest age group of children, adults are mainly responsible for these injuries due to their lack of attention, while in older children these injuries are the result of the production and distribution of inappropriate toys and a failure to implement the legal traffic regulations applicable to children.The prevention of eye injuries is essential.

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“…However, previous studies reported higher proportion of right eye injury. 14,17,20,25,27 The important prognostic factors of an eye injury are ocular tissue involvement. The posterior segment injury has a worse prognosis than trauma confined to the anterior segment.…”

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Eye injuries in motor vehicle accidents: Epidemiology, spectrum of injury and analysis of risk factors

Maurya¹,

Singh²,

Mishra³

et al. 2021

IJOOO

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To study the epidemiology, clinico-radiological pattern and visual outcome in patients having ocular injuries following road traffic accident and also compare various risk factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: A prospective, hospital based, observational study was performed at a teaching hospital of North India. Various parameters including demographics, time, place and session of injury, type of road, vehicle & collision, type of injury, severity & location of injury, radiological findings and initial & final visual acuity were analysed. The association between ocular trauma and characteristics of the accident were evaluated. Results: Out of 402 patients of ocular trauma, 101 eyes of 95(23.63%) patients had injuries due to road traffic accidents. It was observed that males were affected predominantly (88.40%).The ratio between men and women was 7.6:1, age ranged from 1 year to 67 years. The most vulnerable age group was 21-30 year (25.30%) followed by 31-40 year (24.20%) and 11-20 year (21.10%).Maximum injury victims were illiterate (33.68%) or had primary education only (29.47%). The majority were married (68.42%) and belonged to rural background (42.10%). Most of the road traffic accidents occur in summer season (47.37%). Majority of the victims sustained injury in the afternoon between 12.00 -17.59 hrs (29.47%) and in evening between 18.00-23.59 hrs (27.33%). 57.89 % victims were not using any protective gear at the time of injury. Driving under influence of alcohol (42.11%) and sleepiness or drowsiness of victims (21.05%) were found to be an important risk factor in ocular injury. 43.61% of the accidents took place at highway. Two-wheeler occupants (30.53%) were more prone to ocular trauma than pedestrians (13.68%), three-wheelers occupants (5.26%) and car occupants (21.05%). However 29.47% victims were travelling in heavy vehicles like bus/ truck. The most common mode of road accident was collision with other stationary objects like a tree, pole, milepost and other vehicle (51.58%) followed by swerved / skidded vehicle (26.32%) and run in the ditch (13.68%). The commonest mode of injury was frontal impact or head-on collision (37.89%) followed by sideways impact (26.32%) and hit by projectile object (6.32%). However, in 29.47% cases the mode of injury was indeterminate. Conclusion: Road traffic accidents can cause severe ocular trauma. Victims are usually adult males of productive age group. Two wheeler occupants, driving under influence of alcohol and non-use of protective gear were found to be major risk factors. Frontal impacts posed the greatest risk of orbito-facial trauma. Open globe injury and multiple orbital wall fracture usually associated with poor prognosis. Use of helmet and seatbelt may reduce the frontal impact and hence vision threatening ocular trauma.

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The Israeli Ocular Injuries Study

Cited by 60 publications

References 20 publications

Demography and prognostic factors of ocular injuries in South India

Demography and prognostic factors of ocular injuries in South India

Mechanical eye injuries in children aged 0-15 years treated at the Clinic of Eye Diseases in Belgrade: Frequency, causes and preventive measures

Eye injuries in motor vehicle accidents: Epidemiology, spectrum of injury and analysis of risk factors

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