DR. RUPALI BARNWAL

Dr. MEHUL SHAH, Dr. SHREYA SHAH, Dr. RUHI GUNAY

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: BLINDNESS IN CHILDREN FOLLOWINGCONTUSION- SUBCATEGORY OF OPEN GLOBE INJURY CAUSING BLINDNESS.

METHOD:AFTER HAVING PERMISSION FROM ETHICAL COMMITTEE WE RETRIVED DATA FROM ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD FOR LAST FIVE YEARS IN SPECIFIC FORMAT USING EXCEL SHEET AND ANALYSED WITH SPSS 22. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSES AND CROSS TABULATION FUNCTION HAS BEEN USED TO ANALYSE AND P<0.05 CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS: OUR COHORT CONSISTE OF 1010 EYES 31.7 % FEMALE AND 68.3% MALE WITH MEAN AGE 10.2 YRS. 30.3 % EYES PRESENTED WITH VISION <1/60 . COMPARATIVE STUDY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRE AND POST OPERATIVE VISION.(P=0.000) WE FOUND THAT 5.4 % EYES HAD NO PERCEPTION AT THE END OF TREATMENT.) WHEN COMPARED WITH AGE GROUP BLINDNESS DIFFERENCE IS SIGNIFICANT.(P=0.00) CONCLUSION: CLOSEDE GLOBE CONTUSION IN CHILDREN IS SIGHT THRETENING CONDITION AND IT LEAVES 5.4% BLIND FOLLOWING MANAGEMENT[advanced_iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https://aiosproceedings.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/2021/E-Poster/FP2063.pptx" width="100%" height="608"]