Sport-related eye injury in northern Israel.
BACKGROUND
Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity


OBJECTIVE
To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel.


METHODS
We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data.


RESULTS
In 2% of the patients the injuries occurred during a sport activity. Most of the injuries occurred during soccer, basketball or school sport activity (74%). The majority of patients were young males.


CONCLUSIONS
Most sports-related eye injuries can be prevented with adequate eye protection.
Department of Orthopedics, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel. yulishmichael@gmail.com
Michael
M
Yulish
Department of Orthopedics, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Noam
N
Reshef
Department of Orthopedics, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Aleks
A
Lerner
Department of Ophthalmology, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Joseph
J
Pikkel
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003710:Demography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013177:Sports / Q000145:classification; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices