Salahu-din Arbi, Zaheer Mastafa, Muhammad Ismail, Raza-ul lah Khan.
Etiological Factors in Peadiatric Ocular Trauma and Their Prevention.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(1):215-8.

Aim: To elaborate the different objects and causes of trauma among children (0- 15-years age group) presented in Sh. Zayed Medical College / Hospital, Rahim Yar khan Design: Non interventional (descriptive) type study. Place and duration of study: Total 120 cases were studied, who were presented in four years (from Aug.2008 to Aug.2012) in Eye Department of Sh. Zayed Medical College/Hospital Rahim Yar Khan. Methods: We studied 120 cases of ophthalmic injuries of children referred to Eye Department from emergency during this period. These were grouped according to age, sex, mode of injury, type of object involved in injury and the gravity of vision loss classified according to Snellen’s Chart. Results: Out of 120 children Male children were seventy and female were fifty. Injuries by blunt trauma were sixty five. These included trauma by fists while fighting thirty one, trauma by ball while playing nineteen, Road side accidents nine, and trauma by fall four from height, trauma by horn of goat Two, Bird strike child while he was sitting on motorbike in front of his father were one. Perforations were total thirty; by sticks twenty, Iron F.Bs two, Sharp Pencil four, Cock’sbeak two and Surma two. Chemical Injuries were 14; Out of which Acid of battery were seven, Elfy three and oil at home four. Blast Injuries were total eight; out of which Patakha at wedding ceremony five; Bomb blast at Sui Balochistan were three. Pellets Injuries by firearms were three done accidently while firing at village. Conclusion: Trauma among children is very common. Most of them are minor but few are life lasting and put permanent disability and obstruction in career. But Good luck is they all can be prevented.

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