Considering that VEGF is the key factor for angiogenesis stimulation, we wanted to establish if VEGF level is increased in aqueous humor of patients with open globe eye injury. The study included 20 patients with open globe injury. During the surgery, aqueous humor samples were taken out and VEGF levels were measured by ELISA. VEGF levels were significantly higher in the aqueous humor of patien...

OBJECTIVE To determine the visual outcome and its prognostic factors in patients presenting with ocular war injuries. METHODS This descriptive, observational study was conducted at the Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, from June 2012 to March 2016, and comprised soldiers with ocular war injuries. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. A predesigned proforma was use...

ocular trauma is an important cause of ocular morbidity in children. at present only limited studies regarding distribution of ocular trauma exist in iran. this study was performed to define epidemiologic characteristics and clinical profile of ocular trauma in children and to discuss management and final outcomes of such injuries. the files of 60 patients aged 16 years or younger who had been ...

Purpose To describe a case of remarkable visual recovery after severe open globe injury. Observations We present a case of a 70-year-old man with an open globe injury with no light perception vision before and after primary repair of his ruptured globe and before secondary vitreoretinal surgery to repair a total retinal detachment with a 360° giant retinal tear and retinal incarceration in a ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes of work-related open globe injuries in the most industrialized region of Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS The demographic and medical records of patients with work-related open globe injuries who presented to the ophthalmology or emergency departments with an official occupational accident report were retrospectively review...

Objective: To reveal the epidemiology and demographics of open globe injury in children. 
 Methods: In study, medical files 185 patients aged 15 years younger who applied to Dicle University Faculty Medicine Ophthalmology clinic between April 2017 2019 with were retrospectively analyzed. Patients classified according age, gender, etiology trauma, location time trauma recorded. Results: A t...