CLOSE GLOBE Injury

OPEN GLOBE Injury

TOTAL N= 331

The most frequent objects

Drilling metal

34 (43,59%)

44 (56,41%)

78

Assault

32 (74,42%)

11 (25,58%)

43

Wood splinter

28 (70,00%)

12 (30,00%)

40

Hammering metal

3 (9,68%)

28 (90,32%)

31

Pressure

25 (96,15%)

1 (3,85%)

26

Rubber

19 (86,36%)

3 (13,64%)

22

Nail or wire

4 (28,57%)

10 (71,43%)

14

Coal

4 (28,57%)

10 (71,43%)

14

Glass

5 (35,71%)

9 (64,29%)

14

Stone

4 (33,33%)

8 (66,67%)

12

Explosion

2 (33,33%)

4 (66,67%)

6

Traffic injury

3 (100%)

0

3

Snowball

1 (100%)

0

1

Miscellaneous

10 (37,04%)

17 (62,96%)

27

Place of injury

At work

65 (44,83%)

80 (55,17%)

145

At home

59 (52,68%)

53 (47,32%)

112

Outdoor

39 (92,86%)

3 (7,14%)

42

Sport

11 (34,38%)

21 (65,63%)

32

Visual acuity

> 0,5

92 (63,01%)

54 (36,99%)

146

0,4–0,2

50 (69,44%)

22 (30,56%)

72

0,19-0,025

22 (48,89%)

23 (51,11%)

45

0,02-LP*

8 (14,04%)

49 (85,96%)

57

NLP**

2 (18,18%)

9 (81,82%)

11

Severity of injury

Mild

114 (69,5%)

50 (30,5%)

164

Moderate

47 (35,3%)

86 (64,7%)

133

Severe

13 (38,2%)

21 (61,8%)

34

*LP – light perception **NLP – no light perception
Table 1: Causes, circumstances and severity of mechanical eye injuries.