A Clinical Study of Ocular Injuries in Road Traffic Accident Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Eye injuries are major cause of disabling ocular morbidity in developing countries. Up to 5% of all bilateral blindness occurs due to direct result of trauma.1 Ocular trauma is one of the main causes of severe ocular morbidity. Globally, more than 55 million eye injuries occur per year, while there are approximately 1.6 million people with blindness from ocular trauma, 2.3 million people who are bilaterally visually impaired, and 19 million people with unilateral blindness or visual loss.2-4 Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted on 160 cases of ocular trauma in Road Traffic Accidents attending tertiary care hospital were studied. Informed consent from selected patients were obtained. The patients with ocular injury were randomly included in the study. Patients of all ages, both males and females irrespective of economic status, who are co-operative, were included in the study. Patients who were unconscious, not cooperative and terminally ill were excluded. Results: In 160 cases, a maximum number of RTA cases in 21-30 age group 52 (34.02%) followed by 43 cases 29.84% in 31-40 age group. Out of 160 patients, 140 patients (87.5%) who sustained ocular injury were males and 20 patients (12.5%) were females. A maximum incidence of ocular injuries was seen among those travelling by two wheelers, 134 patients (83.75%) sustained injuries while travelling in 2 wheelers, 5 patients (3.125%) in 3 wheelers, 18 patients (11.25%) in 4 wheelers and 3 patients (1.875%) were pedestrians (Table 1). Conclusion: Ocular injuries due to Road Accidents involved the lids which while causing a certain degree of cosmetics disfigurement and do not have any effect on any final visual outcome. Only those injuries which involved the globe had a poor prognosis for the final visual outcome.
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Dr. K. Vijaya Sree, Dr. Bharani Kumar Reddy
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