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Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman

PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiology of ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital setting in Muscat, Oman METHODS: Medical records of all cases of ocular trauma which presented to the Emergency Department at Al-Nahdha Hospital and were seen by the ophthalmology service from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2...

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Autores principales: Al-Mahrouqi, Haitham H., Al-Harthi, Naila, Al-Wahaibi, Maryam, Hanumantharayappa, Kishore
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757688
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.OJO_117_2016
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author Al-Mahrouqi, Haitham H.
Al-Harthi, Naila
Al-Wahaibi, Maryam
Hanumantharayappa, Kishore
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Al-Harthi, Naila
Al-Wahaibi, Maryam
Hanumantharayappa, Kishore
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description PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiology of ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital setting in Muscat, Oman METHODS: Medical records of all cases of ocular trauma which presented to the Emergency Department at Al-Nahdha Hospital and were seen by the ophthalmology service from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 (6 months) were reviewed to collect data on ocular trauma according to the World Eye Injury Registry initial reporting form which uses the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System. RESULTS: There were 27,951 patients seen at the Emergency Department and 611 of which were ocular trauma cases (cumulative incidence 2.2% [confidence interval 2.0–2.4]). The mean age of the patients was 23 years and males comprised the majority of the cases (72%). Thirty-two patients had bilateral injury giving a total of 643 eyes injured. More than half of all injuries were caused by either blunt or large sharp objects. The cornea was the most frequently injured tissue (49%), but most injuries were minor in nature. More than three quarters (77%) of all eyes had a visual acuity of 0.3 (LogMAR) or better on presentation. There were 35 eyes (6%) with open globe injuries (OGI) and three-quarters of them occurring in the manual laborers. CONCLUSION: Ocular trauma is a common presentation at Al-Nahdha Hospital. Although the majority of trauma cases were minor without any visual disability sequelae, OGI could have been prevented with better ocular protection in the workplace.
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spelling pubmed-55164652017-07-28 Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman Al-Mahrouqi, Haitham H. Al-Harthi, Naila Al-Wahaibi, Maryam Hanumantharayappa, Kishore Oman J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: To describe the epidemiology of ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital setting in Muscat, Oman METHODS: Medical records of all cases of ocular trauma which presented to the Emergency Department at Al-Nahdha Hospital and were seen by the ophthalmology service from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 (6 months) were reviewed to collect data on ocular trauma according to the World Eye Injury Registry initial reporting form which uses the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System. RESULTS: There were 27,951 patients seen at the Emergency Department and 611 of which were ocular trauma cases (cumulative incidence 2.2% [confidence interval 2.0–2.4]). The mean age of the patients was 23 years and males comprised the majority of the cases (72%). Thirty-two patients had bilateral injury giving a total of 643 eyes injured. More than half of all injuries were caused by either blunt or large sharp objects. The cornea was the most frequently injured tissue (49%), but most injuries were minor in nature. More than three quarters (77%) of all eyes had a visual acuity of 0.3 (LogMAR) or better on presentation. There were 35 eyes (6%) with open globe injuries (OGI) and three-quarters of them occurring in the manual laborers. CONCLUSION: Ocular trauma is a common presentation at Al-Nahdha Hospital. Although the majority of trauma cases were minor without any visual disability sequelae, OGI could have been prevented with better ocular protection in the workplace. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5516465/ /pubmed/28757688 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.OJO_117_2016 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Oman Ophthalmic Society 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Al-Harthi, Naila
Al-Wahaibi, Maryam
Hanumantharayappa, Kishore
Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
title Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
title_full Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
title_fullStr Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
title_full_unstemmed Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
title_short Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757688
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.OJO_117_2016
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