Purpose: To study the age and gender specific history of ocular trauma in the population of Tehran Methods: Using a stratified cluster sampling approach, 6,497 residents of Tehran were selected. Participants were transferred to an eye clinic to have complete eye examinations. During the interview, participants were asked about any history of ocular trauma, and any treatment or hospitalization d...

Purpose Pediatric ocular trauma is an important cause of visual morbidity worldwide, accounting for up to one-third of all ocular trauma admissions. It has long-term implications for those affected and significant economic consequences for healthcare providers. It has been estimated that 90% of all ocular trauma is preventable. Targeted strategies are required to reduce the incidence and the se...

This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the risk of ocular trauma. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,024 patients who visited emergency department and received ophthalmologic examination from January 1 to December 31, 2009. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those with ocular trauma (n = 494) and those without (n = 530); the influenc...

INTRODUCTION Ocular trauma is an important cause of unilateral blindness. OBJECTIVE To determine the characteristics and visual outcome of ocular trauma in the western region of Nepal. MATERIALS AND METHODS All cases of ocular trauma presenting in a one-year period to the Himalaya Eye Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. The demographic features, type and cause of trauma, time lapse befo...

a 65–yrs-old man referred for an ocular discomfort and red eye. the clinical diagnosis was leech in the left eye and its species confirmed as being limnatis nilotica . ocular leech infestation should be considered in patients with a history of swimming or washing their face in streams and lakes. attention should also be given to ocular leech infestation in the differential diagnosis of ocular t...

Ocular injuries are the most common cause of acquired uniocular blindness in children. Paediatric ocular injuries are distinct from those in adults in many ways. Ocular trauma in children is mainly accidental and has an age-specific pattern. Children are most frequently injured at home by common and relatively innocuous objects. Most injuries occur by mechanical trauma. Penetrating trauma invol...

Leeches are segmented worms belonging to Phylum Annelida and make up the subclass Hirudinea. Leeches have been historically used in medicine to suck blood from patients. Ocular infestation with leech is rare, moreover it is often misdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 2 patients with continuous bright ocular bleeding after swimming in a pool, and pseudo iris prolapse in a child after trauma ...