Ocular trauma: A tertiary hospital experience from Oman.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the epidemiology of ocular trauma in a tertiary hospital setting in Muscat, Oman.

Methods

Medical records of all cases of ocular trauma which presented to the Emergency Department at Al-Nahdha Hospital and were seen by the ophthalmology service from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 (6 months) were reviewed to collect data on ocular trauma according to the World Eye Injury Registry initial reporting form which uses the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System.

Results

There were 27,951 patients seen at the Emergency Department and 611 of which were ocular trauma cases (cumulative incidence 2.2% [confidence interval 2.0-2.4]). The mean age of the patients was 23 years and males comprised the majority of the cases (72%). Thirty-two patients had bilate

SUBMITTER: Al-Mahrouqi HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5516465 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature