Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Forensic Sci Int. 2013 Dec 10;233(1-3):348-54. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.09.021. Epub 2013 Oct 10.
During the year 2011 the Egyptian revolution arose with a change in the trend of eye trauma in Egypt.
This study aims at reviewing the epidemiology of ocular trauma presenting to Ain Shams University teaching hospital during the year 2011 and comparing it with epidemiology during the previous 5 years.
This is a retrospective epidemiological and clinical study of patients admitted to Ain Shams University Hospital with ocular trauma from 2006 till 2011. Cases were analyzed with respect to age, sex, occupation, admission interval, type, mode, time and place of injury, causative instrument, diagnosis and examination findings, investigations, management and visual outcomes.
Total numbers of cases presenting during the year 2011 was 237 cases. The mean age was 22.5 years. Students (47.2%) and jobless people (21.9%) constituted the majority of the sample. During the year 2011 there was a significant increase in the percentage of injuries occurring in the street. There was also a significant rise in the percentage of homicidal ocular injuries specially those caused from non-rifled weapons. Fourteen cases of endophthalmitis were associated with non-rifled fire arm missiles while 7 were associated with glass intra-ocular foreign body. This indicated that the probability of occurrence of endophthalmitis with metal intraocular foreign bodies was 2:3 i.e. 66.6% where as in glass intra ocular foreign body was 7:9 i.e. 77.7%.
The majority of ocular trauma in our population during the year 2011 was due to homicidal street injuries occurring mainly in males of young age group, which is consistent with the events occurring in Egypt in this year. The findings indicate that ocular trauma is a significant cause of visual loss in this population.
2011 年，埃及革命爆发，埃及眼外伤趋势发生变化。
本研究旨在回顾 2011 年艾因夏姆斯大学教学医院就诊的眼部创伤流行病学，并将其与前 5 年的流行病学进行比较。
这是一项回顾性的眼部创伤流行病学和临床研究，对 2006 年至 2011 年期间入住艾因夏姆斯大学医院的眼部创伤患者进行了分析。对年龄、性别、职业、入院间隔、类型、模式、受伤时间和地点、致伤器械、诊断和检查结果、检查、治疗和视力结果进行了分析。
2011 年共收治 237 例患者。平均年龄为 22.5 岁。学生（47.2%）和无业人员（21.9%）构成了样本的大部分。2011 年，在街上发生的伤害百分比显著增加。特别是那些由非来福枪造成的致命性眼部伤害的百分比也显著上升。14 例眼内炎与非来福枪弹丸有关，7 例与玻璃眼内异物有关。这表明，金属眼内异物发生眼内炎的概率为 2:3，即 66.6%，而玻璃眼内异物为 7:9，即 77.7%。
2011 年，我们人群中的大多数眼部创伤是由于发生在年轻男性身上的致命性街头伤害引起的，这与当年埃及发生的事件一致。这些发现表明，眼部创伤是该人群视力丧失的一个重要原因。
