Sidrah Riaz, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Khalid Mehmood, Qasim Lateef Chaudary, Zaheer-ud Din Aqil Qazi, Muhammad Rashad Qamar Rao.
Incidence and characteristics of ocular trauma with intra ocular foreign bodies (IOFB) in a tertiary care Eye hospital in Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):971-3.

Aim : To study the incidence and characteristics of ocular trauma with intra ocular foreign bodies (IOFB) in a tertiary care eye hospital in Lahore, Pakistan Study design: Cross sectional survey. Place of study: LRBT eye and cancer hospital, Lahore Methods: one twenty nine (129) patients were selected from previous records, who full filled inclusion criteria. The patients with globe perforation, active infective keratitis, Panophthalmitis and phthisis bulbi were excluded. Results: During one year study period 129 patients with ocular trauma with foreign bodies presented in out patient department(OPD) were included in study. 118 (92%) patients were male and 11 (9%) were females. The left eye involvement was predominant (observed in 86 patients). Mean age of patients was 24.71 +/- 11.6 years and age range was 4 years to 62 years. The highest incidence of ocular trauma with foreign bodies was observed in age group 21 to 25 years. Regarding size of IOFB, 83 ( 64%) patients were injured with foreign bodies size range 6 to 15 mm, 26 (20%) with size above 15mm and 20 (16%) with foreign bodies below 5mm. Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) was opted as surgical procedure in majority of patients in 64 (50%), under local or general anesthesia depending upon age of patient. Conclusion: The study shows the pattern and characteristics of patients presenting with history of trauma with foreign body in tertiary care eye hospital. These patients were managed either by mechanical removal or complicated specialized retinal surgery procedures.

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