title: Validation of the ocular trauma score for intraocular foreign bodies in deadly weapon-related open-globe injuries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prognostic value of the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) in cases of deadly weapon-related open-globe injuries with intraocular foreign bodies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective, interventional case series included 20 eyes of 20 patients who had deadly weapon-related open-globe injuries with intraocular foreign bodies. The OTS was calculated for each patient by adding the determined numbers of OTS variables at presentation (initial visual acuity, rupture, endophthalmitis, perforating injury, retinal detachment, and afferent pupillary defect). Patients were categorized based on their score (category 1 through 5). Final visual acuities in the OTS categories were calculated and compared to those in OTS study group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistically significant difference was found between the categorical distributions of the study patients and those in the OTS study group. No patient in the study was in category 5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The OTS, which was designed to predict visual outcomes of general ocular trauma, may also provide reliable information about the prognosis of deadly weapon-related open-globe injuries with intraocular foreign bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melih H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonmez
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayata
authors.forename: Dilaver
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ersanli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000145:classification*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014421:Turkey; D014792:Visual Acuity; D054041:Weapons