[Eyelid injuries: epidemiological aspects].

Purpose: To present epidemiological data on eyelid trauma which appear rarely in the literature.

Patients And Methods: Medical records of 180 patients given surgical treatment for eyelid injuries at the ophthalmology department of LMU Munich between 1997 and 1999 were evaluated. Clinical findings of eyelids and eyeballs, surgical procedures and complications during wound healing were considered.