TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Penetrating eye injuries
JO  - Archives of disease in childhood
A1  - Patel, B. C.
SP  - 317
EP  - 320
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
N2  - A review of all penetrating eye injuries treated at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital over four years (1 January 1982-31 December 1985) was undertaken. A total of 202 penetrating eye injuries were seen of which 68 (34%) were in children under the age of 15 years. Airgun, dart, and knife injuries accounted for 28 (41%) of the injuries. Thirty seven patients (54%) achieved a good visual result (6/12 or better) and eight (12%) had enucleations. The period of inpatient treatment ranged from two to 18 days. From the analysis of the activities at the time of the injury, many of the injuries can be considered to be preventable.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -