Dr. Mangilal Garg, G09869, Dr. Mangilal Garg, Dr. Swati Kujur, Dr. Rajesh, Dr. Jyoti Rani Acharya
Aim: To report trends in serious, sight-threatening ocular trauma in a tertiary are hospital
Method: A prospective, observational study of patients with ocular trauma admitted to tertiary care hospital in Raipur Chattisgarh during a 12-month period (January 2015-december 2015). Cases were analyzed with respect to: (1) demographics, (2) time, place and nature of trauma, (3) type of injury, (4) time to receive care, and (5) management and visual outcomes following primary repair.
Results: 148 eyes of 140 patients sustaining serious ocular injury requiring hospitalization were included during the study period. 80% of ocular trauma occurred in men (P < 0.001 chi-square test) with an average age of 22 years (ranging from 3 years to 54 years).These included trauma in domestic environment 32%, outdoor injuries28%, fire cracker and gunshot injuries14%, animal attacks 8%, road traffic accidents 6%, assaults4%, others 8%.50% were children with trauma to them mainly occurring during school vacations of summer and Diwali festival. There were 100