Hospitalized eye injury in a Chinese urban population: a retrospective analysis

VernacularTitle:中国城市人口需住院治疗的眼外伤病例回顾性分析
Author: Min, WU ; Jian, YE
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: eye; injury; Chinese
From: International Eye Science 2010;10(10):1861-1863
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: AIM: To present the epidemiology, cause of injury, ocular status and final visual acuity after management of severe ocular trauma required hospitalization during 7 years in a representative urban Chinese population.METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the hospital admission files of ocular trauma patients admitted to the Daping hospital from January 2000 to December 2006 was carried out.RESULTS: A total of 268 patients were open-globe injury and the remaining 294 patients were closed-globe types. The most common causes of ocular injuries were metal (29.4%), explosive (14.6%) and stone (13.9%). And the visual outcomes of most of eye injury patients in this study were poor; half of injured eyes ended with visual acuity worse than 0.1.CONCLUSION: Therapeutic methods to ocular trauma make a great progress in recent years, but the visual outcomes are poor.