Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
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Clin. Experiment. Ophthalmol. · Jul 2013
Aetiology and outcome of open and closed globe eye injuries in children.
This paper reports on the aetiology and outcome of childhood open and closed globe eye injuries presenting to the Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia from January 2000 to December 2008. ⋯ This study demonstrated improved visual outcomes when compared with previous studies. However, many unsalvageable childhood eye injuries with little useful vision were evident, and most disconcerting is that the majority of childhood eye injuries in this study were preventable.