CLINICAL PROFILE AND VISUAL OUTCOME IN OCULAR INJURIES-AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Abstract

Background: Ocular injury is a major health problem in India, blunt trauma being one of the important causes of ocular morbidity and blindness. Eye injuries are avoidable, if prevention is quiet effective at work place, on the sports eld, and in home. Patients and ophthalmologist must be aware of activities that incur high of eye injury and must take advantage of a protective eye wear that is available, which varies with the need of the patient and when used in proper manner can reduce eye injuries in certain settings by as much as 90 percent. Methods:Ahospital based prospective observational study was conducted at AGMC& GBPHOSPITAL, including 200 patients within 2 years of duration. Patients with ocular injuries were included in this study. Patients who were not willing to participate and patients with pre-existing ocular diseases were excluded. Results: In our study, out of 200 patients 31(15.5%) eyes had lenticular involvement, 12(6%) had angle recession and 36(18%) cases of posterior segment involvement. Conclusion: It is clear from this study that ocular trauma is associated with varying degrees of loss of vision. We can infer that children and young adults are more prone to blunt ocular trauma, occupational injuries and road trafc accidents constitute the main bulk of injuries.