title: [Ocular trauma in children: report of 136 cases].
abstract: Ocular traumatisms represent an important cause of morbidity in children. They expose to a major risk of amblyopia. This retrospective study is about 136 children aged of 1 to 15 years, admitted to the hospital of HABIB BOURGUIBA SFAX between 1992 and 1998 for ocular traumatism. Sex ratio was 2.77. The domestic accident represented the most frequent circumstance(45.59%). Ocular traumatism are primarily caused in our cases by projection of stones (33.09%). Perforation was twice more frequent than contusions. Anterior segment lesions were dominated by corneoscleral wounds(61.03%). Vitreous hemorrhage was the most frequent lesion of the posterior segment (9.56%) We found palpebral wound without lesion of lacrimal tract in four cases. The recourse to surgery treatment was imperative in 2/3 of cases. A healing was noted in 20.59% of cases, but the prognostic was always bad because 55.88% of children had a visual acuity less than 1/10 and 10% had a phtisis of the ocular globe. The functional consequences and the esthetic prejudice emphasize the importance of the prevention.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hophtalmologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba SFAX.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ben Zina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jamel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wissam
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rym
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mustapha
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mohamed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014792:Visual Acuity