Abstract
Background: Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity. Objectives: To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel. methods: We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data. Results: In 2% of the patients the injuries occurred during a sport activity. Most of the injuries occurred during soccer, basketball or school sport activity (74%). The majority of patients were young males. Conclusions: Most sports-related eye injuries can be prevented with adequate eye protection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 763-765 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Israel Medical Association Journal |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Eye injury
- Eye protection
- Hyphema
- Sport-related eye injury