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Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries
PURPOSE: To document the types of ocular trauma that occurs during the olive-harvesting season in a region of the Middle East. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ophthalmic assessments of all patients were performed by one ophthalmologist. Examinations included visual acuity, slit-lamp evaluation of the anterio...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837627 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.97939 |
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author | Yulish, Michael Pikkel, Joseph |
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description | PURPOSE: To document the types of ocular trauma that occurs during the olive-harvesting season in a region of the Middle East. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ophthalmic assessments of all patients were performed by one ophthalmologist. Examinations included visual acuity, slit-lamp evaluation of the anterior segment, intraocular pressure measurement and posterior segment assessment after pupil dilatation. RESULTS: The study cohort comprised 119 patients who presented for ocular injury due to olive harvesting. Seven patients (5.9%) had severe ocular trauma. Two of these patients presented with corneal perforation, and five with retinal edema. Six patients with severe ocular injury were male. CONCLUSIONS: Ocular injuries are common when olives were harvested manually or with sticks. A preventive program to reduce injury should consider environmental and cultural factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-34018032012-07-26 Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries Yulish, Michael Pikkel, Joseph Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: To document the types of ocular trauma that occurs during the olive-harvesting season in a region of the Middle East. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ophthalmic assessments of all patients were performed by one ophthalmologist. Examinations included visual acuity, slit-lamp evaluation of the anterior segment, intraocular pressure measurement and posterior segment assessment after pupil dilatation. RESULTS: The study cohort comprised 119 patients who presented for ocular injury due to olive harvesting. Seven patients (5.9%) had severe ocular trauma. Two of these patients presented with corneal perforation, and five with retinal edema. Six patients with severe ocular injury were male. CONCLUSIONS: Ocular injuries are common when olives were harvested manually or with sticks. A preventive program to reduce injury should consider environmental and cultural factors. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3401803/ /pubmed/22837627 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.97939 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 Yulish, Michael Pikkel, Joseph Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title | Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title_full | Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title_fullStr | Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title_full_unstemmed | Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title_short | Olive-Harvesting Eye Injuries |
title_sort | olive-harvesting eye injuries |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401803/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22837627 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.97939 |
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