Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 5, Issue : 3, Year : 2019
Article Page : 398-400
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2019.096
Abstract
Introduction: Ocular trauma is one of the major causes of preventable childhood blindness in the world. Ocular injuries lead to visual disability, cosmetic problems and psychosomatic abnormalities.
Aim and Objective: To study the prevalence and characteristics of ocular trauma in school going children.
Materials and Methods: This hospital based analytical study included the school going children presented with ocular trauma at the tertiary eye care hospital. A study proforma was used to obtain various socio-demographic information, detailed history and relevant findings on ocular examination. Descriptive and comparative analyses were performed.
Results: One hundred and twenty patients with ocular injuries in the age group five to eighteen (5-18) were examined. Maximum of Sixty three (63) cases were recorded in the age group of Eleven to Fifteen (11-15) years. 81.6% of the cases were boys, 35 patients had accidental fall injury, 17 patients had road traffic accidents, and 6 cases had posterior segment involvement. One hundred and six of the patients had closed globe injury; Twenty seven (27) patients had a visual acuity of less than 6/60 at the time of presentation. Twenty one (21) patients had a final visual outcome of 6/60 or less at the end of one year.
Keywords: Accidental fall, Ocular Trauma, Road traffic accidents, School going children, Visual disability.
How to cite : Amudhavadivu S, Rogavi Y, Gnanaselvan J, Ocular trauma in school going children- An analytical study. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5(3):398-400
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