CORNEAL INJURIES IN CLOSED GLOBE OCULAR TRAUMA: A CASE STUDY
Abstract:
The present study aims to identify the characteristics of corneal damage cases in the context
of closed globe ocular trauma. The study population were patients presenting closed globe injury
from the Department of Ophthalmology of the County Emergency Hospital of Sibiu (2008-2016). Of
the 111 cases with corneal damage, 68% were with edema, 40% were with erosions and 5% were
ulcers. The most common trauma was contusion (57%). Contact with an object or an undetermined
intent was the most common circumstance in which corneal damage was identified (66%) and the
zones most coincident with corneal damage was zone II. Of the cases with corneal damage over 30%
were situation of light perception/hand movement and also 30% were with AVI ³ 0.5 and at discharge
visual acuity was improved: 70.27% had AVE ³ 0.5. Of the total number of corneal injury cases, 67%
had a normal intraocular tension at admission while at discharge 85% of cases had a normal tension.
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