A Clinical Study on Injuries of Eyeball

Abstract

The prospective study included total of 100 subjects in the final analysis. The mean age ± SD of the patients in the present study was 38.31 ± 17.21 years. There was predominance of males compared to females with 61.0%. The occupation of study subjects: 31% of the participants were students, followed by housewives, unemployed with 21% and 8% respectively.  Both eyes were affected in 15% of patients while left eye and right eye were affected in 37% and 48% of participants. Subconjuctival hemorrhage, corneal abrasion and conjunctivalchemosis in the right eye were identified in 16%, 5% and 3% whereas subconjuctival hemorrhage, periorbital ecchymosis, conjuctivalchemosis and corneal abrasion in the left eye were observed with 14%, 5%, 4% and 4% respectively. The lid ecchymosis, edema, laceration, burns, ecchymosis with edema, abrasion and ecchymosis with laceration were observed in the present study with 17%, 8%, 5%, 2%, 2%, 1% and 1% respectively. The roof orbital fracture, floor, lateral  wall and medial wall fractures in this study were identified with 4%, 7%, 3% and 0% respectively.