The Mechanical Eye Injury and its Features in Senile Patients
We have investigated certain aspects of eye injuries in old age patients (injury factors, injury duration, clinical manifestations, severity of injury). The 10-year research covered 601 patients aged 50 to 92, hospitalized after eye injury caused by diverse factors. The prevailing types were blunt traumas (167 eyes, 27.8 ± 1.8 %), and injuries due to falling (87 eyes, 14.5 ± 1.4 %). The prevailing risk factors were somatic problems and time elapsed between the occurrence of injury and getting medical assistance. In the analyzed group, 93 patients (15.5 ± 1.5%) were hospitalized within 24 hours after injury, and 210 patients (34.9 ± 1.9 %) one to three days after injury, which totaled 50.5%. Open eye injuries occurred in 236 patients (39.3 ± 2.0 %), and closed injuries in 282 (46.9 ± 2.0 %) cases. Consequences of injury were noted in 83 (13.8 ± 1.4 %) cases. Open and closed injuries showed no significant differences with regard to severity of injury, or visual status at time of hospitalizations. However, the number of cases with visual acuity in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 (7 -3.0 ± 1.1 % and 32 - 11.3 ± 1.9 %), and 0.5-1.0 (4 - 1.7 ± 0.8 % and 39 - 13.8 ± 2.1 %) showed that the potential of rehabilitation was significantly higher in the group of patients with a closed injury. // Russian Ophthalmological Journal, 2014; 2:47-51.