Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-9570
+44 1223 790975
Roberto Alejandro Guerra García
Member of the Vitreo-Retinal Service at the Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología and a Research Associate at The University of La Habana,
Cuba
Research Article
The Cuban Ocular Trauma Registry
Author(s): Roberto Alejandro Guerra García, Diley Pérez García, Frank Eguía Martínez, Yannara Elina Columbié Garbey and Raúl Rúa MartínezRoberto Alejandro Guerra García, Diley Pérez García, Frank Eguía Martínez, Yannara Elina Columbié Garbey and Raúl Rúa Martínez
Purpose: To create an ocular trauma registry and analyze the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of serious eye injuries in Cuba.Methods: Analysis of information from 120 eyes entered in the Cuban Ocular Trauma Registry was done. Age, gender, trauma scenarios, use of eye protection, cause and type of eye injury, ocular structure involvement and initial and final best-corrected visual acuity at 3 months of follow-up were addressed. Legal blindness was defined as visual acuity worse than 20/200.Results: The mean age was 38 years with a male predominance. No less than 43 percent of ocular trauma took place at home. Hammering on metal was the main source of injury in 39 percent of patients. Intraocular foreign body was seen in 48 percent of lesions. Fifty-one percent ended with vision better than 20/200 and 49 percent ha.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-9570.1000276