Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 41
Number 2, 2000
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
 

Contact:  Dragan Veselinović
Clinic for Eye Diseases of the Clinic Center
18000 Niš
 

CLINIC-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PERFORATE EYE INJURIES OF THE CHILD AGE
 

Dragan VESELINOVIĆ, Gordana ZLATANOVIĆ and Zlatica VIŠNJIĆ

Clinic for Eye Diseases of the Clinic Center, Niš
 

Due to the perforate eye injuries in the two-year period there were 20 children treated, namely 12 (60%) were with the perforate cornea injury, 5 (25%) with the comeaosclera wound and 3(15%) with the perforate sclera injury. Regarding the sex, there were 14 (70%) of boys and 6 (30%) of girls. In 14 (70%) patients the injuries occurred while playing. In the majority of the cases this was a perforate injury without any remains of the alien body in the eye. The majority of the children were brought to the hospital for the sake of the definitive ophtalmological treatment within 24 hours
since the incident. After the definitive treatment 9 (52,9%) children had an acuteness of the injured eye's sight greater than 0,10.

Key words: Perforate eye injuries, children, epidemiological data