Twelve-year review of pediatric traumatic open globe injuries in an urban U.S. population.

Purpose: To evaluate the epidemiology, anatomical characteristics, and clinical outcomes of pediatric traumatic open globe injuries and to compare the observed final visual acuity to the expected visual acuity as predicted by the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS).

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 89 pediatric patients (89 eyes) with open globe injury presenting between 1997 and 2008.

Results: Sixty-five patients (73%) were male, average age was 9.

Complications in resident-performed phacoemulsification cataract surgery at New Jersey Medical School.

Aim: To describe the complications related to cataract surgery performed by phacoemulsification technique by third-year ophthalmology residents at New Jersey Medical School, who are trained to perform phacoemulsification without any prior experience with extracapsular extraction.

Design: Retrospective, observational case series.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 755 patients who underwent cataract surgery by third-year residents between July 2000 and June 2005 at the Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science was performed.