title: Boxing-related ocular injuries in the United States Army, 1980 to 1985.
abstract: Boxing is a controversial sport in which neurologic and ocular injuries can be particularly devastating. Currently, competitive boxing is promoted throughout the military. Ocular injuries attributable to military boxing were studied as a subset of a larger study of boxing-related injuries. Ocular injuries occurred in 5% (22/401) of soldiers hospitalized for boxing-related trauma. The 22 patients with eye injuries spent an average of 8.1 days in the hospital and 17.8 days unfit for duty. Ocular injuries, on average, resulted in a longer hospitalization and disability than all other boxing injuries. One soldier was blind in one eye after complications from a ruptured globe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colo.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Enzenauer
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Mauldin
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001914:Boxing; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States