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Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries
PURPOSE: To present the visual outcomes and ocular sequelae of victims of cluster bombs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective, multicenter case series of ocular injury due to cluster bombs was conducted for 3 years after the war in South Lebanon (July 2006). Data were gathered from the reports...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.92133 |
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author | Mansour, Ahmad M. Hamade, Haya Ghaddar, Ayman Mokadem, Ahmad Samih El Hajj Ali, Mohamad Awwad, Shady |
author_facet | Mansour, Ahmad M. Hamade, Haya Ghaddar, Ayman Mokadem, Ahmad Samih El Hajj Ali, Mohamad Awwad, Shady |
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description | PURPOSE: To present the visual outcomes and ocular sequelae of victims of cluster bombs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective, multicenter case series of ocular injury due to cluster bombs was conducted for 3 years after the war in South Lebanon (July 2006). Data were gathered from the reports to the Information Management System for Mine Action. RESULTS: There were 308 victims of clusters bombs; 36 individuals were killed, of which 2 received ocular lacerations and; 272 individuals were injured with 18 receiving ocular injury. These 18 surviving individuals were assessed by the authors. Ocular injury occurred in 6.5% (20/308) of cluster bomb victims. Trauma to multiple organs occurred in 12 of 18 cases (67%) with ocular injury. Ocular findings included corneal or scleral lacerations (16 eyes), corneal foreign bodies (9 eyes), corneal decompensation (2 eyes), ruptured cataract (6 eyes), and intravitreal foreign bodies (10 eyes). The corneas of one patient had extreme attenuation of the endothelium. CONCLUSIONS: Ocular injury occurred in 6.5% of cluster bomb victims and 67% of the patients with ocular injury sustained trauma to multiple organs. Visual morbidity in civilians is an additional reason for a global ban on the use of cluster bombs. |
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spelling | pubmed-32770152012-02-16 Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries Mansour, Ahmad M. Hamade, Haya Ghaddar, Ayman Mokadem, Ahmad Samih El Hajj Ali, Mohamad Awwad, Shady Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: To present the visual outcomes and ocular sequelae of victims of cluster bombs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective, multicenter case series of ocular injury due to cluster bombs was conducted for 3 years after the war in South Lebanon (July 2006). Data were gathered from the reports to the Information Management System for Mine Action. RESULTS: There were 308 victims of clusters bombs; 36 individuals were killed, of which 2 received ocular lacerations and; 272 individuals were injured with 18 receiving ocular injury. These 18 surviving individuals were assessed by the authors. Ocular injury occurred in 6.5% (20/308) of cluster bomb victims. Trauma to multiple organs occurred in 12 of 18 cases (67%) with ocular injury. Ocular findings included corneal or scleral lacerations (16 eyes), corneal foreign bodies (9 eyes), corneal decompensation (2 eyes), ruptured cataract (6 eyes), and intravitreal foreign bodies (10 eyes). The corneas of one patient had extreme attenuation of the endothelium. CONCLUSIONS: Ocular injury occurred in 6.5% of cluster bomb victims and 67% of the patients with ocular injury sustained trauma to multiple organs. Visual morbidity in civilians is an additional reason for a global ban on the use of cluster bombs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3277015/ /pubmed/22346132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.92133 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Mansour, Ahmad M. Hamade, Haya Ghaddar, Ayman Mokadem, Ahmad Samih El Hajj Ali, Mohamad Awwad, Shady Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title | Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title_full | Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title_fullStr | Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title_full_unstemmed | Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title_short | Cluster Bomb Ocular Injuries |
title_sort | cluster bomb ocular injuries |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277015/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22346132 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.92133 |
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