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Unusual eye injuries

DOI: 10.2298/aci1201101j

Keywords: unusual eye injury , severity of the injury , preventive measures

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Purpose: The analysis of ten unusual eye injuries, and the discussion of appropriate preventive measures. Case outline: Ten patients hospitalized at the Clinic of Eye Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, in the period from January 2000. to December 2009. were presented. Following data were taken in account: sex and age of the patient, injured eye, the mechanism of injury, type of the injury, applied treatment and final visual acuity. The circumstances of the eye injuring of ten patients were described. The eye injuries in all cases occurred in a bizarre way and they were severe enough to require hospital admission. The surgery was necessary in seven patients. Three injured eyes resulted in blindness, and two additional had subnormal vision. Conclusion: In three quarters of discussed cases injuries can be avoided. It is necessary to implement protective measures constantly and consistently and to think about the possible consequences of certain activities. Particular attention should be paid on safety of children. The iatrogenic injuries require special consideration.

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