Pattern of ocular injuries at tertiary care hospital, Valsad
Journal Title: International Archives of Integrated Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Ocular injury is the most common cause for visual morbidity and blindness and should not be neglected at all. Materials and methods: A retrospective study was conducted at GMERS Medical College, Valsad on patients who came to Ophthalmology Department from January 2015 to December 2016 for period of 2 years. Outdoor as well as indoor patients were included in the study with history of ocular injury. Data were collected from clinical records and analyzed to study pattern of ocular injuries. Results: Total 100 cases were studied, out of which 74 were male and 26 were female with history of ocular injury. Maximum numbers of patients were in age group of 21 to 30 years. Road traffic accidents were the most common cause of ocular trauma among all patients. Conjunctival hemorrhage and scleral hemorrhage were more common among all. Conclusion: This study showed that road traffic accidents were the commonest causes of ocular injuries and conjunctival hemorrhage was the most common type of ocular injury.
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Akshay Chaudhari, Pragnesh Parmar
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