title: Eye injuries in children in Israel. A nationwide collaborative study.
abstract: A nationwide prospective collaborative study on ocular trauma was performed in Israel during a period of 3 years (1981 through 1983). Almost half of the traumas (1127 [47%] of 2416 eyes) were sustained by children younger than age 17 years, and mainly between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Most of the injuries happened at home (38.1%) or in the street (26.8%) and during play and sport (65.1%). The male-to-female ratio among the children was 4:1. Blunt injuries accounted for 59.2%; 30.5% were perforating injuries and the rest were chemical and radiation injuries. The visual acuity at the time of hospital discharge was better than 6/30 in the majority of the eyes but 122 patients (11%) had a visual acuity of less than 6/60, and no light perception was the result in 40 eyes (3%). The reasons for the severe outcome were as follows: 23 eyes (2%) owing to phthisis, 22 eyes (1.9%) were enucleated, and 16 eyes (1.4%) suffered from endophthalmitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koval
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yelin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yanco
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Savir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity