The epidemiology and outcomes of combat ocular trauma among local nationals managed at a deployed military hospital in Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

There is limited published data on combat ocular trauma (COT) among local nationals managed at deployed United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) military hospitals in recent conflicts. We report the epidemiology and outcomes of COT from a deployed military hospital in Afghanistan.

Subjects/methods

In this retrospective case series, consecutive injuries requiring ophthalmic surgery at a military hospital in Afghanistan where the sole US and UK ophthalmologist(s) were deployed between January 2017 and September 2019 were reviewed. The main outcomes were mean post-operative visual acuity (VA) in open and closed globe injury and the incidence of retinal detachment after open globe repair.

Results

There were 102 eyes of 84 patients who had ocular in

SUBMITTER: Gensheimer WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8302674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature