A Statistical Observation of the Ocular Injuries.

Kang, Byung Nam; Han, Young Ja

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(4):497-503.
Published online April 1, 1980.

A Statistical Observation of the Ocular Injuries.

Byung Nam Kang, Young Ja Han

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Red Cross Hospital Seoul, Korea.

안외상의 통계적 고찰

한영자(Young Ja Han),강병남(Byung Nam Kang)

Abstract

The author analysed statistically 221 cases of the ocular injuries, among 4056 out-and-in patients who visited to the Red Cross Hospital, during the period of 1979. 6. 1. ~ 1980. 5. 31. The incidence of ocular injuries was 5.4% of all patients. The incidence was exceedingly more common in male (76.5 %) and in the age of first to second decade (56.6 %). The ocular injuries were more common in the spring (33.1 %). Subconjunctival hemorrhage is a most common in the ocular injuries (21.8 %). Small flying particles, such as sand, dust, and iron piece, were most common causative agent of ocular injuries. At the first visit, 15.8 % of all cases were markedly decreased visual acuity and 2.5 % of all cases were not improved. The prognosis of the ocular injury is good with early adeguate management of trauma.