Citation

Abbott J, Shah P. Surv. Ophthalmol. 2013; 58(5): 476-485.

Affiliation

Moorfields Eye Hospital, University College London Partners, London, UK. Electronic address: abbottjoseph@yahoo.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.10.007

PMID

23969021

Abstract

Eighteen million people worldwide have uniocular blindness from traumatic injury. Injuries occur disproportionally commonly in childhood. Every year a quarter of a million children present with serious ocular trauma. For the vast majority the injury is preventable. We review the international literature that identifies high-risk circumstances.

Language: en