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hospitalized at rayong hospital
Vicharn Chokruengsakul M. D. *
Abstract
The purposes of this descriptive retrospective study were to study the epidemiology, severity
classification and visual outcomes of occupational ocular injury treatment in patients hospitalized at Rayong
Hospital. Medical records of the patients whom were diagnosed as occupational eye injury and admitted at
Rayong Hospital between October I , zoo7 and September 30,2008were reviewed. There were 42 cases
include in this study. Among 42 cases, 40 patients were male patients (95.24% ) and 2 patients were female
(4.76 x ) . The range of age was between 1 7 - 59 years with mean age 35.5years.Ten patients were injuried by
blunt trauma, i o patients injuried by sharp objects, 2 patients injuried by chemical agent, and 20 patients
*n@slu&@no? ~ ~ ~ W U ~ U ? R T Z U ~ J *Department of Ophthalmology Rayong Hospital

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injuried by nails and polishing objects. Twenty patients had closed globe injury and 2 2 patients had open globe
injury. The visual outcomes in closed globe injury were stablized in 9 patients and improved in 11 patients
whereas 12 patients were stabilized, 4 patients were improved and 2 patients got worses in open globe injury.
The average mean of hospital stay was 5.03 days.
In conclusion : The hospitalized occupational eye injuries incurred significant visual loss, morbidity,
health care expense and socioeconomic impacts. Safety strategies aimed at preventing eye injury are
mandatory especially legal control.
Keywords : Ocupational eye injuries, eye trauma, ocular injury, ocular trauma
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