Abstract
Abstract Ocular trauma is a common cause of unilateral blindness and is associated with significant emotional stress, and numerous emergency department and outpatient visits. China still lacks complete eye injury epidemiological data and population-based research is rare. Our objective was to study the epidemiological characteristics of ocular trauma at major ophthalmology departments in the Chinese Chaoshan area. We studied all cases of ocular trauma admitted to three tertiary hospitals in China, between January 2001 and December 2010. Retrospectively, we reviewed for open- or closed-globe injury (OGI or CGI). The data extracted included a mix of age, sex, residence, initial and final visual acuity, cause and treatment of injury, clinical signs and diagnosis based on Ocular Trauma Classification System (OTCS) and Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT). We also referred to the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) in evaluating the final visual outcome. There were 3,644 injured eyes from 3,559 patients over the 10-...
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