biostudies-literatureUnknown119(12)Gabel-Pfisterer AUniversitätsklinikum Freiburg<h4>Background and aim</h4>The continuous recording of eye injuries caused by fireworks around New Year's Eve over 6 years allows us to investigate injury numbers, injury patterns, and accident histories in a year to year comparison. In order to relieve the burden on hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, a ban on the sale of firework articles was implemented in Germany for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. We investigate the impact of these measures on the number of fireworks-related eye injuries and analyze whether this led to an increase in serious injuries and an association with increased use of homemade pyrotechnics or pyrotechnics potentially not approved in Germany.<h4>Methods</h4>We used our online questionnaire to collect anonymized data on patients, accident history, and, since 2017/201Die Ophthalmologie1257-1266https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9713168biostudies-literature[Pandemic-related sales ban of fireworks in Germany leads to a significant reduction of firework-related eye injuries].PMC9713168Weiß SUeberschaar JFramme CMatar CPlantzas KLadewig MZuhlsdorff-Utke MBula AHoerauf HEffert RCursiefen KKodomskoi LKupper POsman BBornfeld NScheuerle AGrohmann CRohrschneider KMohi AStemplewitz BBook BWolfram LHoh HRusch WKuempel HSeewald JThieme HStifter JMartz JBechstein LHillenkamp JRieck PBrinkmann CRehak MSchulze SSchonfeld SPfau MStahl ASchulze KKaya SBigdon EFloeter CHorn PHattenbach LHaritoglu CPurtskhvanidze KFilev FPfeiffer NAl-Ashi NJabur ATandogan TKuerten DFeltgen NVanselow KPielen ASpeidel ABemmer LBlecha CHesse LKandzia CSchwarz PNiemeyer MKlemming JRenieri GSpitzer MErhard JDithmar SStrzalkowski PBurk RAuerbach MLiekfeld AGundel BHagenbusch JBertram PSteindorf FKathke MKruse FAvar MSchmidt-Wetter JBasiakos SSachs HAgostini HZuche MUnterlauft JDMais CKlein JYilmaz SHecker JWesterkemper HRudolph OAugsten RMonastoriotis SDaas LMalek STomalla MKolbeck LIseed AHohn FPruefke CDecker AAlthauspetervari IMuller MBohringer DWachtlin JSliwowska USchutzeichel FMGabel-Pfisterer AGeerling GVolkmann ISturm AKoch MNoerenberg ALenhard KFries UAbou Mouli WSchuart CEngelmann KEhlken CSmetana PBourauel LWienrich RKuhn MFreimuth MWocker LFurashova OWienigk AJust UEckardt CLenglinger MRawohl JPawlik VKolarov DMuller BBosch FEter NMachulla RKuchenbecker JJust ASchargus MChrisoglou NWeigel MFuest MFlach AReinhard TMorsek JAlten FVerbeck JTost FKrawczyk SKnorr HRoehrig SBrandter SNoske WKorbmacher JWiedemann PKlishko VNguyen-Hohl AHaar MKakkassery VWolf ASchill SBeisse CLohmann CDarawsha RShtaya MTode BWeiss MFoerster MHMohr ARaber FLackner BBender MCHartmann KWeber NGreve DSchuster ARehmann JCasagrande MBlum MKojetinski CSchindler PScheler AWalch AKotiasvili TWeber APenkava JKupferschmid SMaier MMamacek DBoker AMehlan JVounotrypidis ELuttke JMacher TPawlowczicz KMala NSuffo SRossler GWirbelauer CWanjek-Meyer KJoussen AKrauß PZschockelt TGrafmueller SPham DSeibel IBotros YDalbah SLaich YPrusiecki IHofmayer HBerthold ABartsch HWirtz CAhdab KLehmann FMelzer CLieb WPuk CSeitz IHolland UKrohne TBeutner ARoider JWulff VSeitz BAisenbrey SFuchsluger TAMueller AMikielewicz MGrajewski LWalter PCil MUGhoreishi AElling MBohm MKeseru MViehweg NMeller DSkevas CFischer GKohen LBohm ABohlen AHerden JDindin-Sarac SSchrader SBarth TXanthopoulou EElle JHoegen DKiefer TGritzka MBoden KTRashitova DDaehn TDick BAndresen JCEsper GSiegmund TFeldmann MPillunat LDruke DPriglinger SFaul DSchultheiss MBartz-Schmidt UEwald KKaskel-Paul SBellios NHubner TFlockerzie EHille KKroeger MMeier PNapholz APalka KMenges AWerner JKamguia NHueber AZiemssen FViestenz ARommel FLuciani FMatthee Evon Jagow BDempe CSchnober GKwasnicki AAuffahrt GAlshikh FTrossowski CMedra ARivera Gomez CBastron ITatsiou AHoa DQMazko KJuergens LSchroder FTsiampalis NDoulgkeridis JTourtas TRanjbar MJuenemann ABreuß HSchumacher SJehle VSzurmann PPrasuhn MDias Blak MSchojai MWisniewska MSchrecker JHelbig HSchmidt LEdelmann CSonntag SRainer OStoffelns BHolz FGGhaffary AMuller AKRudiger KEckert TKemper OGrisanti SGekeler FBrooks UMeyer JFScheider AKohnen TVolcker DEddy MWintergerst MSekundo WKrieb AFriedburg BHagenau FBoeker TGraef MHHuth AMayer MWalla TEberlein GSokolenko EBoateng AFSchultz TKrause LChankiewitz ERab SWidder RPress UFeuerwerks-Verletzungen-StudiengruppeHolzschuh ILieder AKromer RSchaudig UReichel FGuthoff RRating POterendorp CIlski PZollfrank CRosenthal ABesgen VCordes JBechrakis NBuchwald HJunker BSchrage NSchmidbauer JKammerer JWietstock GWinter IMay-Endres KTake PEmmerich KHLorenz BKampmeier Jfalse[Pandemic-related sales ban of fireworks in Germany leads to a significant reduction of firework-related eye injuries].<h4>Background and aim</h4>The continuous recording of eye injuries caused by fireworks around New Year's Eve over 6 years allows us to investigate injury numbers, injury patterns, and accident histories in a year to year comparison. In order to relieve the burden on hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, a ban on the sale of firework articles was implemented in Germany for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022. We investigate the impact of these measures on the number of fireworks-related eye injuries and analyze whether this led to an increase in serious injuries and an association with increased use of homemade pyrotechnics or pyrotechnics potentially not approved in Germany.<h4>Methods</h4>We used our online questionnaire to collect anonymized data on patients, accident history, and, since 2017/2012022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Dec2025-04-18T16:55:28.26Z2025-04-07T04:24:36.287ZS-EPMC97131683644908710.1007/s00347-022-01778-1