TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Eye injuries in children in Israel. A nationwide collaborative study
JO  - Archives of ophthalmology (1960)
A1  - Rapoport, I.
A1  - Romem, Miriam
A1  - Kinek, M.
A1  - Koval, R.
A1  - Teller, J.
A1  - Belkin, M.
A1  - Yelin, N.
A1  - Yanco, L.
A1  - Savir, H.
SP  - 376
EP  - 379
VL  - 108
IS  - 3
N2  - A nationwide prospective collaborative study on ocular trauma was performed in Israel during a period of 3 years (1981 through 1983). Almost half of the traumas (1127 [47%] of 2416 eyes) were sustained by children younger than age 17 years, and mainly between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Most of the injuries happened at home (38.1%) or in the street (26.8%) and during play and sport (65.1%). The male-to-female ratio among the children was 4:1. Blunt injuries accounted for 59.2%; 30.5% were perforating injuries and the rest were chemical and radiation injuries. The visual acuity at the time of hospital discharge was better than 6/30 in the majority of the eyes but 122 patients (11%) had a visual acuity of less than 6/60, and no light perception was the result in 40 eyes (3%). The reasons for the severe outcome were as follows: 23 eyes (2%) owing to phthisis, 22 eyes (1.9%) were enucleated, and 16 eyes (1.4%) suffered from endophthalmitis.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9950
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -