A Statistical Observation of Industrial Ocular Injuries in Kangwon-do.

Chung, In; Lew, Ho Min

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1986;27(4):629-638.
Published online April 1, 1986.

A Statistical Observation of Industrial Ocular Injuries in Kangwon-do.

In Chung, Ho Min Lew

Department of Ophthalmology, Wonju Medical College, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.

강원도 산재안외상환자의 통계적 관찰

유호민(Ho Min Yoo),정인(In Chung)

Abstract

The authors statistically analysed 349 industrial ocular injuried cases(435 eyes) among 51,643 patients seen in the Dept. of Ophthalmology, Wonju Christian Hospital, Wonju Medical College, Yonsei University from Jan. 1981 to Dec. 1985. 1. Industrial ocular injuries occupied 0.82% of all ocular patients, and 12.73% of all industrial injuries. 2. Bilateral ocular injury(24.36%) has relatively high proportion due to the explosive injury. 3. The most common cause of industrial ocular injuries was explosives(20.63%) and stone(18.62%), iron(17.19%), coal(11.17%) and dust(10.32%) were in the order. 4. Corneal(10.51%) and conjunctival foreign bodies(9.03%) were the common diseases of all industrial ocular injuries. 5. The final visual acuity of 260 eyes(59.77%) was 0.7 or more, and 75 eyes(17.25%) was below the 0.05. 6. The average period of treatment required for ocular industrial injuries was about 55 days.