Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Clinical profile of ocular trauma patients at a tertiary care center

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Sridhar Baratan1 ,Nivean Madhivanan2 , Keerthana Sembian3

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Background:Ocular trauma is a preventable public health issue that is the leading cause of blindness in children, ophthalmic morbidity, and monocular blindness worldwide. Knowledge about the pattern of ocular trauma and its causes is required to identify the public health burden, in planning prevention of ocular injuries & readiness for treatment modalities regarding ocular trauma. Present study was aimed to study clinical profile patients presenting with ocular trauma at a tertiary care center. Material and Methods: Present study was singlecenter, prospective, observational study, conducted patients presented with acute eye injuries at the outpatient or emergency OPD. Results: During study period 148 patients with ocular injury were included in this study

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