TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical management of pediatric eye injuries
AU - Almahmoud, Tahra
AU - Elhanan, Mohamed
AU - Alshamsi, Hanan
AU - Al Hadhrami, Sameeha
AU - Almahmoud, Rabah
AU - Abu-Zidan, Fikri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Eye injury is a leading cause of unilateral childhood blindness. The purpose of this research was to study the management and visual outcome of pediatric eye injuries necessitating hospitalization and surgical repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective study of children having eye injury that needed surgical repair over the period of 2012 and 2017. Demographic data, place of occurrence, activity at the time of injury, place and cause of injury, presenting signs, surgical interventions, visual acuity (VA) before and after surgery, and causes for vision limitations were studied. RESULTS: Thirty-nine eyes of children were surgically treated. The mean (range) age of the patients was 3 years (1-15 years). Nearly 61.5% were males. Almost 80% of injuries occurred at home and while playing (71.8%). Trauma with sharp objects (35.8%) was the most common cause of injury. Majority presented to the hospital in <6 h (89%), mainly with eye pain (95%). Corneal laceration (53.8%), traumatic cataract (15.3%), and foreign body (15.3%) were the most common clinical findings. Twenty-one (53.8%) eyes sustained open-globe injuries. Fifteen percent had vision of 20/200 or worse at follow-up. The VA improved significantly at follow-up (P < 0.05). The major cause of vision limitation was the cornea (33%). CONCLUSIONS: Eye injury is a major cause of vision loss in children. Despite early presentation to our hospital and prompt interventions, significant number of our pediatric patients sustained limited VA in ruptured globe injuries.
AB - BACKGROUND: Eye injury is a leading cause of unilateral childhood blindness. The purpose of this research was to study the management and visual outcome of pediatric eye injuries necessitating hospitalization and surgical repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a retrospective study of children having eye injury that needed surgical repair over the period of 2012 and 2017. Demographic data, place of occurrence, activity at the time of injury, place and cause of injury, presenting signs, surgical interventions, visual acuity (VA) before and after surgery, and causes for vision limitations were studied. RESULTS: Thirty-nine eyes of children were surgically treated. The mean (range) age of the patients was 3 years (1-15 years). Nearly 61.5% were males. Almost 80% of injuries occurred at home and while playing (71.8%). Trauma with sharp objects (35.8%) was the most common cause of injury. Majority presented to the hospital in <6 h (89%), mainly with eye pain (95%). Corneal laceration (53.8%), traumatic cataract (15.3%), and foreign body (15.3%) were the most common clinical findings. Twenty-one (53.8%) eyes sustained open-globe injuries. Fifteen percent had vision of 20/200 or worse at follow-up. The VA improved significantly at follow-up (P < 0.05). The major cause of vision limitation was the cornea (33%). CONCLUSIONS: Eye injury is a major cause of vision loss in children. Despite early presentation to our hospital and prompt interventions, significant number of our pediatric patients sustained limited VA in ruptured globe injuries.
KW - Blindness
KW - pediatric eye injury
KW - prevention
KW - surgical management
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U2 - 10.4103/ojo.OJO_285_2019
DO - 10.4103/ojo.OJO_285_2019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085946757
SN - 0974-620X
VL - 13
SP - 84
EP - 88
JO - Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -