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Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms
PURPOSE: To report the type and severity of ocular injuries sustained by the survivors of a bomb-loaded explosion that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 28, 2019. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The recorded data included age, gender, wounded eye, initial examination of ocular injuries and associated...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32425500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S253438 |
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author | Kalayci, Mustafa Er, Sadettin Tahtabasi, Mehmet |
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description | PURPOSE: To report the type and severity of ocular injuries sustained by the survivors of a bomb-loaded explosion that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 28, 2019. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The recorded data included age, gender, wounded eye, initial examination of ocular injuries and associated systemic injuries, initial visual acuity, anterior and posterior segment examinations. The type of injury (open vs closed globe), the injured zone of the globe, and the presence of a relative afferent pupil defect were evaluated in all cases where possible. RESULTS: After the explosion, ocular injuries were detected in 28 of 114 patients in our hospital. Thirty-two eyes of 28 patients were included in the study. The mean age was 32.4±6.7 years. The number of open-globe injuries was more than that of closed-globe injuries (26 vs 6; 81.25% vs 18.75%, respectively). Zone 1 was the most affected zone in open-globe injuries (18/26 eyes, 61.6%), followed by Zone 3 in six (23%) patients and Zone 2 in four (15.4%) patients. Sixteen open-globe injuries were laceration type (61.5%) and 10 (38.5%) were rupture type. An intraocular foreign body was detected in eight (30.8%) eyes with open-globe injuries. A total of 28 patients had 11 (39.3%) isolated eye injuries, whereas 17 (60.7%) had concomitant systemic injuries. CONCLUSION: The frequency of blast-related ocular injuries is increasing. Today, the increase in the use of vehicle-borne improvised explosives in terrorist-related explosions leads to more frequent and serious ocular injuries. |
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spelling | pubmed-71962042020-05-18 Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms Kalayci, Mustafa Er, Sadettin Tahtabasi, Mehmet Clin Ophthalmol Original Research PURPOSE: To report the type and severity of ocular injuries sustained by the survivors of a bomb-loaded explosion that occurred in Mogadishu, Somalia on December 28, 2019. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The recorded data included age, gender, wounded eye, initial examination of ocular injuries and associated systemic injuries, initial visual acuity, anterior and posterior segment examinations. The type of injury (open vs closed globe), the injured zone of the globe, and the presence of a relative afferent pupil defect were evaluated in all cases where possible. RESULTS: After the explosion, ocular injuries were detected in 28 of 114 patients in our hospital. Thirty-two eyes of 28 patients were included in the study. The mean age was 32.4±6.7 years. The number of open-globe injuries was more than that of closed-globe injuries (26 vs 6; 81.25% vs 18.75%, respectively). Zone 1 was the most affected zone in open-globe injuries (18/26 eyes, 61.6%), followed by Zone 3 in six (23%) patients and Zone 2 in four (15.4%) patients. Sixteen open-globe injuries were laceration type (61.5%) and 10 (38.5%) were rupture type. An intraocular foreign body was detected in eight (30.8%) eyes with open-globe injuries. A total of 28 patients had 11 (39.3%) isolated eye injuries, whereas 17 (60.7%) had concomitant systemic injuries. CONCLUSION: The frequency of blast-related ocular injuries is increasing. Today, the increase in the use of vehicle-borne improvised explosives in terrorist-related explosions leads to more frequent and serious ocular injuries. Dove 2020-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7196204/ /pubmed/32425500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S253438 Text en © 2020 Kalayci et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Kalayci, Mustafa Er, Sadettin Tahtabasi, Mehmet Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title | Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title_full | Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title_fullStr | Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title_full_unstemmed | Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title_short | Bomb Explosion: Ocular Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Mechanisms |
title_sort | bomb explosion: ocular effects of primary, secondary and tertiary mechanisms |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196204/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32425500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S253438 |
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