title: Ocular trauma score in transferred fireworks-related ocular injuries: a case series.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Our aim was to review the characteristics of transferred fireworks-related ocular damage and to evaluate the prognostic value of the ocular trauma score (OTS) for these injuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study included 22 transferred patients (19 male, 3 female; mean age 22.6±14.9 years) (25 eyes). The data were retrospectively reviewed, including the characteristics of the geography, types of fireworks, status of injuries, therapeutic procedures, and the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). All the injured eyes were classified using the OTS at the time of the initial examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty eyes (80%) were in OTS category 1, three eyes (12%) were in OTS category 2, and two eyes (8%) were in OTS category 3. All cases received surgical therapy. Six eyes (24%) were enucleated, four (16%) of which achieved an improvement in their final BCVA. There was a statistically significant improvement in final BCVA between OTS category 1 and the other two OTS categories (p=0.016).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aforementioned transferred fireworks-related ocular injury cases occurred mainly in young adults, men and active participants, all of which incurred serious vision loss and blindness. The OTS is quite effective for classifying the status and estimating the prognosis of transferred fireworks-related ocular injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jing-Jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ji-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yu-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Xi-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Gai-Ping
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Qian-Qian
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005107:Explosions; D053834:Explosive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D053834:Explosive Agents