Mohammad Shamsal Islam, Abul Hasnat Golam Quddus.
Pattern, Causes, and Management of Ocular Injuries at Rural Community Setting of Bangladesh.
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;33(4):246-52.

Purpose: This study was undertaken to investigate the pattern, causes and management of ocular injuries in Bangladesh. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: At Dr. Ahmadur Rahman research center, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh from August to December 2014. Material and Methods: Ocular injured patients of community were invited through mass publicity to come to free clinic for check-up. They were interviewed by optometrist after the medical check-up. Two sets of data were collected; one from the hospital files and another from the community. A proforma was developed for collecting data from the hospital files on the basis of information available in the files of the patients. Similarly data was collected from the community patients. Results: There were 425 patients from the hospital and 126 from the community. The vast majority of the injuries were open globe (91%) and the rest closed globe (9%). The most common type of injury was penetrating (81.4%), followed by lime burn (7%), ruptured globe (6.4%) and others (5%). The most common structural abnormalities were found in cornea (91%), conjunctiva (59%), iris and pupil (48%). Open globe injuries were as high as 91% for hospital patients as against only 18% for the community patients. Similarly closed globe Injuries were 82% among community patients as against 9% of hospital patients. Conclusion: The nature of injuries found in hospital and community setting is different. Important ocular injury in community includes physical assault of married women by their husbands.

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