title: Clinical study on ocular trauma in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical characteristics of ocular trauma in children and put forward the major treatment and prevention of ocular trauma in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  To analyze the clinical data by 77 eyes in 77 cases of ocular trauma in children from April 1999 to February 2002.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The male and female were in the ratio of 2.21:1. Right eye ocular traumas were more than left ones. Ocular penetrating trauma was 83.12% and blunt trauma 12.99%. 41 cases (53.25%) were injured by themselves while 33 cases by others. 90.91% patients came from the countryside.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rate of blindness of children with ocular trauma could be reduced by prompt treatment. The study indicated that ocular trauma preventive publicity should be faced in the countryside in order to improve the understanding of the severity of ocular trauma and treat it as a social problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou 515031, China. stcityhzc@163.net
authors.forename: Zicai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Hongni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yixia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhongxia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012423:Rural Health