Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood
Pur po se: To evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical features of open-globe injuries in childhood. Ma te ri al and Met hod: The records of the pediatric patients who were evaluated for open-globe injuries between 2007 and 2011 in our department were retrospectively screened. Age, gender, time, se...
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doaj-abab02d2fa324038b68c18144b6adea32020-11-25T00:27:59ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612012-01-01421161910.4274/tjo.42.68542Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in ChildhoodEbru Nevin Çetin0Gülden Saraç1Alper Kaşıkçı2Avni Murat Avunduk3Volkan Yaylalı4Cem Yıldırım5Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePamukkale Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, TürkiyePur po se: To evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical features of open-globe injuries in childhood. Ma te ri al and Met hod: The records of the pediatric patients who were evaluated for open-globe injuries between 2007 and 2011 in our department were retrospectively screened. Age, gender, time, setting, localization and cause of injury, follow-up time, complications, number of surgeries, initial and final visual acuity were assessed. Re sults: A total of 37 patients were enrolled in the study. Of 37 patients, 12 (32.4%) were girls and 25 (67.6%) were boys with a mean age of 9.9±4.5. Boy/girl rate was likely to increase as the age increased (p=0.018). Twenty-one (56.8%) patients were injured during play. The time interval between injury and admission to the hospital was 15.9±29.4 hours. Injuries were most likely to have occurred on the street (48.6%) and at home (40.5%). Boys were more likely to be injured on the street (68%), whereas girls were more likely to be injured at home (83.3%) (p=0.001). The most common objects causing injury were sharp metal and wood tools (29.7% - for both genders). Injury was corneal in 22 (59.5%) patients and scleral in 8 (21.6%) patients. In 18 (48.6%) patients, the injury was complicated, and cataract was the most common complication. Reoperation was needed in 16 (43.2%) patients. Final visual acuity was equal to or better than 0.5 in 54% of the patients. Final visual acuity correlated with initial visual acuity (p=0.004, r=0.491). Dis cus si on: Open-globe injuries in childhood mostly occur at home or on the street via sharp wood or metal objects. Nearly a quarter of all patients suffer from low vision as a result of these injuries which are mostly preventable. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: 16-9)http://www.oftalmoloji.org/article_2117/Epidemiologic-And-Clinical-Features-Of-Open-globe-Injuries-In-ChildhoodOpen globe injurieschildhoodepidemiology |
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Ebru Nevin Çetin Gülden Saraç Alper Kaşıkçı Avni Murat Avunduk Volkan Yaylalı Cem Yıldırım Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi Open globe injuries childhood epidemiology |
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Ebru Nevin Çetin Gülden Saraç Alper Kaşıkçı Avni Murat Avunduk Volkan Yaylalı Cem Yıldırım |
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood |
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood |
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood |
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood |
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Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Open-Globe Injuries in Childhood |
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epidemiologic and clinical features of open-globe injuries in childhood |
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Galenos Yayinevi |
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Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi |
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2012-01-01 |
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Pur po se: To evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical features of open-globe injuries in childhood.
Ma te ri al and Met hod: The records of the pediatric patients who were evaluated for open-globe injuries between 2007 and 2011 in our
department were retrospectively screened. Age, gender, time, setting, localization and cause of injury, follow-up time, complications, number
of surgeries, initial and final visual acuity were assessed.
Re sults: A total of 37 patients were enrolled in the study. Of 37 patients, 12 (32.4%) were girls and 25 (67.6%) were boys with a mean
age of 9.9±4.5. Boy/girl rate was likely to increase as the age increased (p=0.018). Twenty-one (56.8%) patients were injured during play.
The time interval between injury and admission to the hospital was 15.9±29.4 hours. Injuries were most likely to have occurred on the
street (48.6%) and at home (40.5%). Boys were more likely to be injured on the street (68%), whereas girls were more likely to be injured
at home (83.3%) (p=0.001). The most common objects causing injury were sharp metal and wood tools (29.7% - for both genders). Injury
was corneal in 22 (59.5%) patients and scleral in 8 (21.6%) patients. In 18 (48.6%) patients, the injury was complicated, and cataract was
the most common complication. Reoperation was needed in 16 (43.2%) patients. Final visual acuity was equal to or better than 0.5 in 54%
of the patients. Final visual acuity correlated with initial visual acuity (p=0.004, r=0.491).
Dis cus si on: Open-globe injuries in childhood mostly occur at home or on the street via sharp wood or metal objects. Nearly a quarter of
all patients suffer from low vision as a result of these injuries which are mostly preventable. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2012; 42: 16-9) |
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Open globe injuries childhood epidemiology |
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