Blast Injuries of the Eye
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Tropical Doctor
- Vol. 23 (2) , 76-78
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004947559302300213
Abstract
Ninety-four cases of ocular blast injuries (122 eyes) were studied. Sixty-five per cent of the cases were between 15 and 25 years of age. The right and the left eyes were involved in 38% and 32% of the cases, respectively, while bilateral involvement was seen in 30%. Ninety of the eyes (74%) were blind. Twenty-one per cent of the patients with binocular injuries had bilateral blindness. Injuries of the iris, conjunctival and corneal foreign-bodies, and corneal and/or scleral lacerations were the most frequent types of injury seen.Keywords
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