Dr.RIDDHI VORA

Dr. REKHA RAJU KHANDELWAL

Abstract

Aim- To study the demographic profile and risk factors of work related ocular injuries presenting at a rural based tertiary care hospital in central India. Methods – A retrospective study of patients presenting with work related eye injuries during the period of January 2019 to December 2019 was done. Review of records were done for demographics, nature & cause of injury, vision and ocular findings. Results- A total of 23 patients were included in the study. Mean age was 43.43 ± 12.73 years with a male:female ratio of 6.6:1. 60.8% patients had injury while working in industries, with most common object causing injury being metal (43.5%). 91.3% had open globe injury with visual axis involvement in 34.8% cases. 56.5% presented within 48 hours of injury. On presentation, 86.9 % patients had a VA < 3/60. Conclusion-Work related ocular trauma was more common in males of productive age group working in industries. Majority of patients had open globe injury with poor VA on presentation.[advanced_iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https://aiosproceedings.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/2021/E-Poster/FP1341.pptx" width="100%" height="608"]