creators_name: Pai, SG creators_name: Kamath, SJ creators_name: D'Souza, S creators_name: Dudeja, L creators_id: drlakdudeja@gmail.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:42:02 lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:42:02 metadata_visibility: show title: A Clinical Study of Blunt Ocular Trauma in a Tertiary Care Centre. ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Blunt ocular trauma; Hyphaema; Commotio retinae; Lens dislocation. abstract: Purpose: To analyze blunt eye injuries with respect to mode of injury, sites involved and outcome. Method: This was a retrospective study of 32 patients with blunt ocular trauma from 2010 to 2012 in a tertiary care centre. Patient data, mode and extent of injury, management and outcome was noted and analyzed. Result: The commonest age of presentation was 10-20 years (28.125%) and the commonest mode of injury was road traffic accident (28.125%). The most commonly involved structure was conjunctiva (84.375%), followed by lid and adnexa (62.5%). Anterior segment involvement included corneal epithelial defect (7 cases), hyphaema (4 cases), iritis (3 cases) and anterior dislocation of lens (1 case). Posterior segment involvement included vitreous haemorrhage (1 case) and commotio retinae (2 cases). Conclusion: This study reinforces that blunt trauma can cause any extent of damage to ocular structures and the final visual outcome is dependent on the structures injured. date: 2013-08-25 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 12 number: 2(10) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Kanski JJ. Clinical Ophthalmology. 6th edition. Elsevier; 2008. p.854 2. Courville CB. Coup-contrecoup mechanism of cranio-cerebral injuries. Arch Surg. 1942;45:19 3. Courville CB. Forensic neuropathology. J Forensic Sci 1962;7:1 4. Wolter JR. Coup-contrecoup mechanism of ocular injuries. 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Ophthalmology. 1993 Jun;100(6):851-856. citation: Pai, SG and Kamath, SJ and D'Souza, S and Dudeja, L (2013) A Clinical Study of Blunt Ocular Trauma in a Tertiary Care Centre. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/9158/1/2013-2-10.pdf