title: [Ocular lesions caused by pellet guns. Epidemiological study on 160 patients].
abstract: We present a retrospective study of ocular trauma related to pellet guns. Over a period of 5 years, 160 such patients were seen in our emergency unit. Eighty per cent of cases were men, with a mean age of 28 years. Ocular trauma was due to a fight in 85%. Ocular trauma was unilateral in 109 patients, and bilateral in 51 patients. We observed a complete disorganisation of the eye in 8 eyes, intraocular foreign bodies in 71 eyes, intraorbital foreign bodies without ocular lacerations in 23 eyes, and blunt trauma in 108 eyes. Final vision was poor or absent in 31 eyes.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Korobelnik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cetinel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chauvaud
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pouliquen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003288:Contusions / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Lésions oculaires par pistolet à grenailles. Etude épidémiologique de 160 patients.