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PERFORATING EYE INJURIES. VISUAL RESULTS AFTER 5 YEARS
Author(s) -
SCHMIDT PETER,
PEDERSEN BJARNE
Publication year - 1981
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.1755-3768.1981.tb05772.x
Subject(s) - visual acuity , medicine , astigmatism , ophthalmology , eye injuries , lesion , surgery , optometry , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , optics , physics
A material of 194 patients with perforating eye injuries is presented. The final visual function has been assessed a minimum of 5 years after the injury, and the obtained information, such as sex, age, the site of the lesion, complications, astigmatism, intraocular foreign body etc., has been correlated and compared with the final vision. Totally 52% of the patients had a visual acuity greater than 0.5 and 43% ≥ 0.67. The percent of blind eyes (≤ 0.05) was 36, incl. 13% exenterations. It is pointed out, that several years should elapse before extimation of the Final visual result as 18% had worsened and 44% had a better visual acuity than stated in the case records.