Abstract

Singh Hemendra*, Srivastav Tanmay, Gautam Kumar Raj, Bhushan Prashant, Mishra Deepak

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Ocular injuries is important major public health issue. In United States numbers are exceeding 2.5 million ocular injuries per year and out of them about 50,000 lose part or all of their vision on permanent basis and in developing countries this occurrence is even higher. The incidence at which patients with ocular injury need hospitalization range from 4.9 to 89 per 100,000. This study was conducted to find out the epidemiological prototypes of ocular injuries and various parameters influencing it. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out at tertiary care hospital between February 2019 to April 2019 and all the individual presented with ocular injuries in eye Outpatient department, Emergency Department and Trauma center were inrolled for the study. Various epidemiological and clinical factors like age, sex division, time of presentation, means of injury, category of trauma and final visual status were analysed. Results: Out of total 189 of individuals, 141(74.6%) were below the age of 30 years and female to male ratio was 1:2.9 About 43(22.8%) of the patients reported to hospital within 24hrs of trauma. The causes of ocular trauma included Road traffic accidents 76 cases (40.2%), sports related and recreational 47(24.5%), occupation related 39(20.6%), domestic violence 10(5.3%) and physical assault related 17(9%). Among the type of injuries Open globe injuries responsible for cases 159(84.1%) and patients 30(15.9%) affected by closed globe injuries. The main responsible factor for poor visual outcome was delayed presentation to hospital.