Open-globe injuries: the experience at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru.
- Author:
Hooi SH
;
Hooi ST
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Eye Injuries, Penetrating/*epidemiology;
Hospitals, General;
Malaysia/epidemiology
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2003;58(3):405-412
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:Malay
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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.
