OBJECTIVE To report the visual and anatomic outcomes as well as to predict the visual prognosis of combat ocular trauma (COT) during Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. DESIGN Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional, consecutive case series. PARTICIPANTS Five hundred twenty-three consecutive globe or adnexal combat injuries, or both, sustained by 387 United States soldiers treated ...

Open-globe injuries with no light perception (NLP) carry a poor prognosis, and many ophthalmologists select a primary enucleation or evisceration as a result. We present a case of complete visual rehabilitation in a patient who presented with NLP after a zone III penetrating open-globe injury. We recommend patient counseling regarding decision making and management of ocular trauma with NLP, si...

Purpose. To review the epidemiology of serious pediatric ocular trauma presenting to Kasr El Aini Hospital, Cairo University. Methods. Children with serious ocular trauma during a six-month period were examined and their data was analyzed. Results. Eighty eyes of 75 patients were included in this study, with 64% males (P < 0.001) and average age of 5 years (5 months-15 years). There were 67 (83...

PURPOSE To describe epidemiologic and clinical findings of open-globe trauma (OGT) in the southeast area of Spain. METHODS A retrospective descriptive study of 94 eyes with OGT evaluated between 1999 and 2007, in a primary referral hospital. RESULTS The incidence of OGT in our area was 6.76 per 100,000 inhabitants/year. The majority of patients were male (89%) and young (80% of patients < 5...

We present a case of successful multi-procedure management of a patient with an open globe injury. A 47-year-old man sustained an injury to his left eye caused by glass fragments of his own spectacles shattered while he was protecting an unknown woman from physical assault at a bus stop. Over a span of 65 months the patient underwent multiple procedures including primary wound repair, penetrati...

To the Editors: We wish to share the results of a case series on pediatric endophthalmitis. Because this is not a common entity, it is our hope that this short review will serve to highlight the characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of pediatric endophthalmitis. During the 11-year retrospective study period, 7 eyes were identified. Of these cases, open globe injuries were the most common et...

BACKGROUND Eyes sustaining open globe trauma (OGT) is a group at high risk of severe visual impairment. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is the commonest cause of retinal redetachment in these eyes and is reported to occur in up to 45% of cases. Intensive anti-inflammatory agents have been shown to be effective at modifying experimental PVR and to be well tolerated clinically.The Adjuncts ...

AIM To analyze the epidemiology of open eye globe injuries and their treatment outcomes in patients treated at two university eye clinics in Germany in the past two decades. METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed of medical records of 1,026 patients with open globe injuries primarily treated at the Universities of Freiburg and Wurzburg between January 1981 and December 1999. Final visua...

BACKGROUND Ocular trauma accounts for a significant proportion of admissions to the eye ward at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), Cape Town, South Africa. There are few published studies on ocular trauma in South Africa. Some studies elsewhere have shown an association between open globe injuries and recent alcohol use, but no such study has been conducted in this country. OBJECTIVES To identify ...