Characterization of ocular trauma in pediatric age

Authors

  • Yaney Zayas Ribalta
  • Aldo Amado Sigler Villanueva
  • Karyna Castro Cárdenas
  • Francisco Alberto Santos Pérez
  • Anni Helen Méndez LLanes
  • Isbelys Flatts Segundo

Keywords:

eye trauma, children, traumatic cataract

Abstract

Introduction: Eye trauma is common in children and appears as one of the main causes of vision decrease or loss.

Objective: To characterize clinical and epidemiological variables of ocular trauma in pediatric age.

Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study. The universe was made up of 518 patients under the age of 18 who went to the ophthalmology emergency service of the Provincial Hospital of Ciego de Ávila between January and December 2020, due to eye trauma. Variables such as age, sex, types of trauma were analyzed and in the case of open traumas, the place where the trauma occurred, the activity performed by the infant and the associated injuries were specified. Data were collected in a spreadsheet designed for this purpose.

Results: The male sex predominated in 58.68 % and the age group from five to nine years for both sexes (35.14 %). Closed eye trauma prevailed in 85.14% of cases and within this, the eyelid wound without canaliculus section (35.71%) while the corneo-scleral penetrating wound predominated among the open traumas. All children with open trauma were playing at home at the time of the accident and were diagnosed with a traumatic cataract as an associated injury.

Conclusions: Ocular trauma in pediatric ages is more frequent in males between 5 and 9 years of age. Most of them suffer from closed eyeball trauma. Traumatic cataract is common and is associated with open trauma.

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Published

2022-08-03

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Zayas Ribalta Y, Sigler Villanueva AA, Castro Cárdenas K, Santos Pérez FA, Méndez LLanes AH, Flatts Segundo I. Characterization of ocular trauma in pediatric age. Rev Cubana Pediatría [Internet]. 2022 Aug. 3 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];94(3). Available from: https://revpediatria.sld.cu/index.php/ped/article/view/1816

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