Clinical Characteristics, Visual Outcomes, and Prognostic Factors of Open Globe Injuries.

: Open globe injuries (OGI) remain an important cause of visual impairment and loss, impacting all ages. A better understanding of the factors influencing visual outcomes is important in an attempt to improve the results of the treatment of OGI patients. The author aimed to contribute to this knowledge with the analysis of clinical characteristics, prognostic factors, and visual outcomes of their cohort of OGI patients.

A five-year retrospective study of the epidemiological characteristics and visual outcomes of pediatric ocular trauma.

Background: Pediatric trauma can lead to serious visual impairment as a result of the trauma itself or secondary to amblyopia. Precise data on epidemiological characteristics and visual outcomes of pediatric ocular injuries are valuable for the prevention of monocular blindness.

Methods: A total of 268 cases of pediatric ocular trauma admitted to the Department of Ophthalmology of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Hospital from January 2008 to December 2013 were retrospectively reviewed.

[Severe open-globe eye injuries: socio-demographic aspects and risk factors].

The Aim Of Study: To evaluate sociodemographic aspects and risk factors of severe open-globe ocular injuries.

Material And Methods: We present data from prospective study of 315 patients with severe open-globe ocular injuries, meeting inclusion criteria.

Results: The patients in our series were predominantly male (92.