A new classification for epidemiological study of mechanical eye injuries.

Objective: Considering the difficulty in classifying some cases with eye trauma by Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology (BETT) in our epidemiological study, we introduce a new classification for epidemiological study of mechanical eye injuries based on BETT.

Methods: A retrospective investigation was carried out in 31 hospitals from January 2005 to December 2010. All medical records of inpatients with eye injuries were reviewed.

[Clinical characteristics of paraneoplastic retinopathy and optic neuropathy].

Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of paraneoplastic retinopathy and optic neuropathy(PRON).

Methods: Case series study. Eight patients were enrolled from October 2006 to March 2012 visited in ophthalmology department, the People Liberation Army General Hospital.

Laser in situ keratomileusis surgery is not safe for military personnel.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between eye injury and laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery in military personnel.

Methods: This retrospective study collected the data from 27 evacuation hospitals of Chinese army. All medical records of eye injuries in military personnel admitted to the 27 hospitals between January 2006 and December 2010 were reviewed.

[Analysis on characteristics of ocular trauma caused by military affairs in soldiers].

Objective: To investigate and analyze the epidemiological, clinical and prognostic characteristics of ocular trauma in soldiers caused by military affairs and compared with those in trauma caused by non-military causes.

Methods: A retrospective study on eye injury cases of military inpatients in 15 military general hospitals from 2001 to 2005 was performed and the data of 716 cases (772 eyes) were statistically analyzed.

Results: Three hundred and sixty inpatients (398 eyes) caused by military affairs accounted for 50.

Epidemiology of eye injuries sustained by military personnel in China.

Objective: To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of eye injuries sustained by military personnel in Chinese army.

Methods: Eleven military evacuation hospitals located in different regions were selected for this study. We reviewed all the medical records of eye injuries sustained by military personnel between January 2005 and December 2009.

The survey of the causes of eye injury of various services in China.

The cause of eye injury in various services may be different. Preventing the injury according to the cause would be more effective. We investigated 502 (549 eyes) cases of ocular injury in 21 military hospitals in China.

Development of sympathetic ophthalmia following globe injury.

Background: Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO), a rare, bilateral, diffuse granulomatous uveitis, usually occurs after open globe injury or intraocular surgery. We sought to identify the risk factors for the development of SO after open globe injury and describe their demographic and clinical features and outcomes of treatments.

Methods: A retrospective study of inpatients with globe injury in 15 tertiary referral hospitals of China from January 2001 to December 2005 was conducted.

360-degree retinectomy for severe ocular rupture.

Objective: To investigate the effect of 360-degree retinectomy for severe ocular rupture and evaluate the related factors associated with prognosis.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 28 consecutive patients, 18 men and 10 women, with severe ocular rupture admitted to the Chinese PLA General Hospital between January 1999 and January 2002. The patients' ages ranged from 16 to 58 years, mean 29.

Traumatic endophthalmitis following penetrating ocular injuries with retained intraocular foreign bodies.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome and analyze the methods of surgical treatment of traumatic endophthalmitis following penetrating eye injuries with retained eye foreign bodies.

Methods: A total of 62 consecutive cases (58 men, 4 women) from January 1999 to December 2001 with IOFBs following penetrating eye injuries were retrospectively studied. The ages ranged from 8 to 46 years (mean 23 years).