The
3-Year Survey of Ocular Blast Injuries from Fire-cracker
Nimit Ittipankul M.D.,
Direk Patikulsila M.D.,
Pongsak Anucharee M.D.,
Apinya Lukruji M.D.
Maharaj Nakorn Chiangmai
Hospital
ABSTRACT The
firecracker during different festivals can cause serious damage to the eyes.
To reflect such severity, we studied 22 patients (30 eyes) retrospectively
who had ocular blast injuries from the firecracker during Loy Kratong Festival
in Chiang Mai.
11 out of 30 eyes had ruptured
globes including 2 eyes undergone primary enucleation. The treatment results
showed that all non- ruptured cases had final visual acuity of 6/12 or better,
while g out of 11 eyes (72.7%) of ruptured cases had final visual acuity of
less than 1/60. We conclude that ocular blast injuries from firecracker can
cause ruptured globes in one third of cases and more than 70% of ruptured
cases will have the final visual acuity less than 1/60.
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