A Clinical Study of Industrial Ocular Injuries.

Kim, Seog Son; Yoo, Ji Myong

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(2):393-403.
Published online February 1, 1988.

A Clinical Study of Industrial Ocular Injuries.

Seog Son Kim, Ji Myong Yoo

Department of Ophthalmology, Masan Koryo General Hospital, Masan, Korea.

산업재해안외상에 대한 임상적 고찰

김석손(Seog Son Kim),유지명(Ji Myong Yoo)

Abstract

The authors clinically analysed 317 industrial ocular injuries among 16,466 patients who visited department of ophthalmology of Masan Koryo General hospital during the 5 years from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1986. The results were as follows: 1. The ambulation rate of industrial ocular injuries was 1.9% of all eye patients and 18.4% of all industrial injuries. 2. The incidence was higher in male(95.6%) and in the age of 3 rd decade(5.2%). 3. The incidence of affected side was 54.0% on the right, 37.5% on the left, and 8.5% on both sides. 4. There was no significant differences in seasonal distribution. 5. The most common cause of industrial ocular injuries was iron piece(32.8%) as a flying particle, followed by wire and nail(15.1%) and chemicals(8.2%). 6. Corneal foreign body(15.8%) was the most common disease of all industrial ocular injuries, followed by corneal laceration(12.7%) and thermal burn, conjunctiva and cornea(8.9%). 7. 29.3% of all industrial ocular injuries were hospitalized. Corneal laceration(21.0%) was the most common disease among in-patients and surgical procedures in in-patients included corneal suture(33.0%), lens extraction(17.5%), corneosclecral suture(13.6%). The average duration of hospitalization was 16.8 days. 8. The average duration of treatment required for all industrial ocular injuries was about 46.3 days. 9. The final visual acuity was improved to 0.9 or more in 45.3% and 34 eyes(9.9%) were below 0.1. 10. The most common complication of industrial ocular injuries after treatment was traumatic cataract(18.4%), followed by corneal opacity(16.8%) and irregular astigmatism(14.4%).