Epidemiological findings of ocular trauma in childhood.

Purpose: To describe epidemiological findings of ocular trauma in childhood in an emergency unit.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out including patients under 16 years old who were treated for ocular trauma at the emergency unit of the Federal University of São Paulo from September 2001 to September 2004. Age, sex, involved eye, place, circumstance and mechanism of injury, initial visual acuity and immediate management were recorded.