title: Analysis of corneal injuries in King Mahendra Memorial Eye Hospital Bharatpur, Chitwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the corneal injuries pattern.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is a retrospective hospital based analysis of 5504 corneal injuries among the 111781 patients attending King Mahendra Memorial Eye Hospital over a period of 4 years in order to know the lesions pattern for planning purpose.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the corneal lesions, 59.7% were traumatic and 40.3% were non traumatic lesions, wood stick was the commonest traumatic agent (28.7%), 24.1% cases reported in hospital within 7 days of injury. Corneal ulcer was the most commonest traumatic lesions (48.2%). Clinically 69.2% cases were of bacterial lesions. 71.4% cases underwent medical treatment. 54.24% had good vision after treatment 1,2,3,5.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early treatment with antibiotic drops in a case of corneal injuries restores good vision. Protective glasses while working are the preventive measure against traumatic lesions.
authors.affiliation: King Mahendra Memorial Eye Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Adhikari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies