PMID- 15860315
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050607
LR  - 20051116
IS  - 0002-9394 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9394 (Linking)
VI  - 139
IP  - 5
DP  - 2005 May
TI  - Terror-related open-globe injuries: a 10-year review.
PG  - 937-9
AB  - PURPOSE: To describe mechanisms and injury characteristics influencing visual 
      outcomes in eyes with open-globe injuries sustained in terrorist acts. DESIGN: 
      Retrospective, interventional case series. METHODS: The charts of 260 consecutive 
      patients (285 eyes) who had open-globe injury caused by terrorist attack and 
      admitted to the tertiary referral center for military in Turkey between March 
      1991 and April 2001 were reviewed, and 50 patients (56 eyes) with complete data 
      were evaluated for predicting visual outcome according to the Ocular Trauma 
      Classification System (OTCS). RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 22.6 years, 
      and the mean follow-up was 5.8 months. Seventeen patients (6.54%) had traumatic 
      amputation in the extremities. Forty-eight eyes (16.84%) were enucleated. Type A, 
      grade V, zone III, and RAPD-positive injuries were associated with unfavorable 
      visual outcome. Land mine and hand grenade injuries had the worst outcome. 
      CONCLUSIONS: In terror-related open-globe injuries, unusual presentations and 
      devastating visual results are common, and OTCS seems to predict visual outcomes.
FAU - Sobaci, Gungor
AU  - Sobaci G
AD  - Ophthalmology Department, GATA Gulhane Military Medical Academy and Medical 
      School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey. gsobaci@gata.edu.tr
FAU - Akyn, Tuorul
AU  - Akyn T
FAU - Mutlu, F Mehmet
AU  - Mutlu FM
FAU - Karagul, Suat
AU  - Karagul S
FAU - Bayraktar, Mehmet Z
AU  - Bayraktar MZ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Ophthalmol
JT  - American journal of ophthalmology
JID - 0370500
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blast Injuries/epidemiology/pathology/surgery
MH  - Child
MH  - Eye Enucleation
MH  - Eye Evisceration
MH  - Eye Injuries, Penetrating/*epidemiology/pathology/surgery
MH  - Humans
MH  - Injury Severity Score
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Military Medicine
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Terrorism/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
MH  - Visual Acuity
MH  - Wounds, Gunshot/epidemiology/pathology/surgery
RF  - 5
EDAT- 2005/04/30 09:00
MHDA- 2005/06/09 09:00
CRDT- 2005/04/30 09:00
PHST- 2004/11/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2005/04/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/06/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/04/30 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0002-9394(04)01372-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.11.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 May;139(5):937-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.11.009.