title: [EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PROGNOSTIC FACTORS, AND VISUAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH OPEN OCULAR INJURIES AND INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODIES].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe and identify clinical characteristics, prognostic factors and visual outcome in patients with intraocular foreign bodies (IOFB) in southern Israel.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective review of all cases of open globe injury with IOFB treated and followed-up for at least 6 months in the Ophthalmology Department at Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel, from 1995-2011. The study population was subdivided into two groups: 1. Patients whose difference in visual acuity (VA) between presentation and end of follow-up was considered "successful" (n = 54); 2. Patients whose difference in VA between presentation and end of follow-up was considered "non-successful"(n = 14). Comparing these two groups, we analyzed the following: time from trauma to admission, time from admission to operation, location of IOB, wound zone, best corrected VA at admission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 97.1% of the study group were males and the mean age was 28.7 ± 15.3 years. Metallic IOB were found in 73.5% of cases. The IOFB penetrated at Zone 1 in 61.8% cases, and were located at the posterior segment in 65.2 % of cases. The two subgroups differed in their best corrected VA (by LogMAR) at presentation (p value = 0.02): the patients who were defined as "successful" (n = 54) had.a higher mean VA (1.2 ± 1.3) than those (n = 14) who were defined as "non-successful" (1.1 ± 0.6). The duration of time from trauma to admission was not found to be of statistical significance (p value = 0.361, and neither did the time from admission to operation (P value = 1).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We present an innovative definition of VA changes during the follow-up period in patients with open globe injuries involving IOFB. Our study showed that patients who presented with worse VA had a better chance of a "successful" outcome.
authors.forename: Neta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Konforty
authors.forename: Yotam
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lior
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Nadav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Belfair
authors.forename: Natalya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bilenko
authors.forename: Tova
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klemperer
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knyazer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D061665:Time-to-Treatment; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents