Work-related, penetrating eye injuries in rural environments

• Autorzy: Mackiewicz J. , Machowicz-Matejko E. , Salaga-Pylak M. , Piecyk-Sidor M. , Zagorski Z.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Purpose: To establish the aetiology and visual outcome after penetrating eye injures in rural environments. Materials and Methods: The records of 182 patients (184 eyes) with penetrating eye injuries treated in the 1 st Eye Hospital, Lublin, Poland, between 1994 and 2002, were reviewed. Twenty eight of the 184 eyes (15.6%) were work-related agriculture penetrating eye injuries. Distribution by age, sex, season variation, cause of injury, place of entrance wound, visual acuity and late complications were estimated. Results: Of the group of 28 patients, 24 (85.7%) were male and 4 (14.3%) female, with the age range between 11-76 (mean 48.2) years. Most injuries were a result of repair and maintenance work in 35.7%, wood chopping in 25%, machine use in 17.9%, simple instruments use in 10.7%, fall from one level to another in 7.1%, and cow butting with a horn in 3.6%. Eighteen eyes (64%) were blind with visual acuity less than 0.05 at their most recent review. Conclusions: Our study has shown that perforating ocular injuries in rural environment are still a big therapeutic, social and economic problem.

Słowa kluczowe

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monocular blindness; intraocular foreign body; vitrectomy; rural environment; penetrating eye injury

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: 12
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.27-29,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

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Mackiewicz J.

• Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland

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Machowicz-Matejko E.

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Salaga-Pylak M.

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Piecyk-Sidor M.

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Zagorski Z.

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