Nail gun-induced open-globe injuries: a 10-year retrospective review.

Purpose: To describe the characteristics of nail gun-related open-globe injuries.

Methods: Retrospective series of all patients presenting with open globes secondary to nail gun injury from 2000 to 2010. Data were collected on demographics, setting of accident, presenting clinical examination findings, visual acuity, management, surgical procedures needed, and long-term outcomes.

Characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic indicators of fall-related open globe injuries.

Purpose: To describe characteristics and outcomes of fall-related open globe (OG) injuries.

Methods: A total of 602 patients (603 eyes) presenting with OG injuries were included. Among them, 85 wounds (85 patients) were fall-related, which were compared with the nonfall-related OG injuries (control group).

Work-related open-globe injuries: demographics and clinical characteristics.

Purpose: To describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of work-related open-globe injuries (OGIs) at a level I trauma center over a 10-year period.

Methods: Retrospective series.

Results: A total of 183 eyes with work-related OGIs were identified.

Open globe ocular trauma: functional outcome of eyes with no light perception at initial presentation.

Purpose: To evaluate characteristics and prognostic factors for functional success in eyes that present with no light perception (NLP) after open globe trauma.

Methods: The medical records of all subjects presenting to a single university referral center with visual acuity (VA) of NLP after sustaining an open globe eye injury from January 1, 2001, through June 30, 2010, were retrospectively analyzed to determine epidemiologic and clinical factors associated with visual outcomes.

Results: Of the 73 NLP eyes (73 patients) that underwent primary repair and were included in the study, final VA was 20/100 in 1 eye (1%), counting fingers in 2 eyes (3%), hand motion in 9 eyes (12%), light perception in 5 eyes (7%), and NLP in 56 eyes (77%).

A 10-year review of assault-related open-globe injuries at an urban hospital.

Background: To describe the demographics and outcomes of assault-related open-globe injuries (OGI) at University Hospital (UH), Newark, New Jersey over a ten-year period.

Methods: The medical records of all subjects presenting to a single university referral center with an OGI were retrospectively analyzed to identify prognostic factors for enucleation and final visual acuity (VA) of no light perception (NLP).

Results: One hundred and forty-eight eyes of 147 patients presented to UH with assault-related OGI.