Incidence and severity of asymptomatic ocular injury in adult and pediatric orbital fractures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the incidence of severe ocular injury requiring emergent ophthalmic evaluation in visually asymptomatic patients presenting with orbital fractures.

Methods

We performed a retrospective chart review of all adult and pediatric orbital fractures between 2012-2022 at a level 1 trauma center. Ocular injuries were categorized into severe, moderate, and mild. We evaluated symptoms, mechanism of injury, visual acuity (VA), and severity of injuries using the Cochran-Armitage and linear-by-linear tests.

Results

Of the 2495 cases, 1534 had ophthalmology evaluation. The mean ± standard deviation age was 40.4 ± 20.4 years. Most patients were male (73.1%) and Caucasian (75.9%). The mean time to evaluation was 0.6 ± 2.5 days. 486 (31.7%) were visually symptomatic

SUBMITTER: Etheridge T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943542 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature