TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Penetrating needle injury of the eye
JO  - Injury
A1  - Nili-Ahmadabadi, Mehdi
A1  - Faghihi, Hooshang
A1  - Hadjizadeh, Fedra
A1  - Rasoolinejad, Seyed Ahmad
A1  - Rajabi, Mohammad Taher
SP  - 545
EP  - 547
VL  - 40
IS  - 5
N2  - This retrospective case series reviews the characteristics, complications and epidemiology of penetrating needle eye injury treated at a referral eye centre in Tehran, over 5 years. The medical records of 27 patients were evaluated. Mean age of patients was 17.41+/-18.69 years; 63% were less than 12 years old. Accident was the cause of 61.5% of injuries, and 55% of injuries occurred at home. Endophthalmitis ensued in 22.2% and cataract in 51.9% of cases. Pars plana vitrectomy was performed for 25.9% of patients. There was no association between endophthalmitis and iris prolapse, zonal involvement, vitreous haemorrhage, traumatic cataract or visual acuity >20/200 on admission, but endophthalmitis was associated with absence of hyphaema at presentation. Families and children should be educated about the dangers of needles.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2007.08.039
ID  - ref1
ER  -