[The causes of blindness by corneal diseases in 3,499 cases].
The chief causes of corneal blindness was found to be corneal inflammatory diseases and injury in 83.4% of the 3,499 cases (3,993 eyes) of corneal blindness that presented themselves during 1983-1985 at the authors' hospital. The important diseases in order of frequency were herpes simplex keratitis (42.8%), bacterial keratitis (17.4%), corneal injuries (15.7%), keratomalacia (10.0%), and trachoma (3.8%). Patients of the latter two diseases were mostly old cases. The authors discussed the incidence of corneal diseases and their prevention and treatment.
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D003320:Corneal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000150:complications; D007635:Keratitis, Dendritic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014141:Trachoma / Q000150:complications