title: [Ocular lesions related to pellet pistols. Epidemiologic study of 160 patients].
abstract: We present a retrospective study of ocular trauma related to pellet guns. During 5 years, 160 such patients were seen in our emergency unit. 80% of cases were men, and range age was 28 years. Ocular trauma circumstances was 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 is poor or absent in 31 eyes.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pouliquen
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Korobelnik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frau
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cétinel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chauvaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Lésions oculaires par pistolet à grenailles. Etude épidémiologique de 160 patients.