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Ocular Trauma Score in childhood open-globe injuries.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
To assess prognostic value of the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) in childhood open-globe injuries.
METHODS:
This retrospective, interventional case series included 61 children with open-globe injuries. Certain numerical values rendered to the OTS variables (visual acuity, rupture, endophthalmitis, perforating injury, retinal detachment, afferent pupillary defect) at presentation were summated and converted into OTS categories; the likelihood of the final visual acuities in the OTS categories were calculated, and compared with those in the OTS Study.
RESULTS:
Age ranged from 3 years to 14 years (mean, 8.0 years). Forty-two boys and 19 girls were included. Follow-up ranged from 6 months to 56 months (mean, 18 months). The likelihood of the final visual acuities (no light perception, light perception/hand motion, 1/200-19/200, 20/200-20/50, and > or = 20/40) in the OTS categories (1 through 5) in this group were similar to those in the OTS Study group.
CONCLUSIONS:
OTS calculated at initial examination may provide prognostic information in children with open-globe injuries.
AuthorsYusuf Uysal, Fatih M Mutlu, Güngör Sobaci
JournalThe Journal of trauma (J Trauma) Vol. 65 Issue 6 Pg. 1284-6 (Dec 2008) ISSN: 1529-8809 [Electronic] United States
PMID19077614 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Blast Injuries (classification, surgery)
  • Blindness (etiology)
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Endophthalmitis (classification, surgery)
  • Eye Injuries, Penetrating (classification, surgery)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications (etiology)
  • Prognosis
  • Pupil Disorders (classification, surgery)
  • Retinal Detachment (classification, surgery)
  • Rupture
  • Terrorism
  • Trauma Severity Indices
  • Visual Acuity

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