title: Ocular injuries.
abstract: A total of 800 cases of ocular injuries were studied during the period from January, 1982 to December, 1985 at the department of eye, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Darjeeling. Major ocular injuries (n = 248) required hospitalisation. The rest 552 cases had minor injuries and treated at outpatients' department. The incidence of age, sex, mode of injury, interval between injury and first observation, structural damage were studied in all these cases.
authors.affiliation: NB Medical College and Hospital, Sushrutanagar, Darjeeling.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Baidya
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution