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OCULAR TRAUMA
Author(s) -
THORDARSON ULFAR,
RAGNARSSON ARNI T.,
GUDBRANDSSON BJÖRN
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb01859.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , traffic accident , perforation , surgery , pediatrics , general surgery , forensic engineering , materials science , engineering , punching , metallurgy
A report on 105 cases of ocular trauma hospitalized in St. Joseph's Hospital in Reykjavik during a 12‐year period is presented. Of these patients 94 were males and 11 females. Thirty‐nine patients were children, and only six patients were older than 50 years. Most comon were occupational accidents (43 cases) and of these 29 were connected with industry. Other main causes were traffic accidents, sport and dangerous play by children. Of the total 105 cases, 70 had perforation of the bulb. All but nine underwent some kind of operation, and enucleation was performed in 10 patients. Nearly two thirds of the patients were hospitalized within six hours of the accident and 84% within 24 h.