Motor vehicle accidents and eye injuries
Pikkel, J.; Gelfand, Y.; Mezer, E.; Miller, B.
Harefuah 132(1): 16-8 72 71
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-7768 PMID: 9035582 Document Number: 482910
The medical records of 24,632 patients treated in our surgical emergency service over a 3-year period were reviewed to determine the frequency and characteristics of ocular trauma caused by motor vehicle accidents (MVA). MVA-related injuries accounted for 13.9% of all visits to the service and involved 1106 of the patients (33%), of whom 77% were young males. At least 1 pathological finding was found in 858 (77.6%) and 169 (15.2%) were admitted. 16 patients sustained very severe ocular injuries which resulted in poor vision.