Outcome of corneal scleral laceration in Yazd

Abstract EN

The aim of this study is to define the epidemiologic characteristics and clinical profile and evaluation of final visual outcome of corneal sclera laceration.

A prospective survey was conducted over a two year period from March 2000 to March 2002 on 79 consecutively admitted patients who underwent corneal sclera repairmen at Yazd Eye Hospitals.

This study included 79 eye injuries.

Fifty nine of cases (74.7 %) occurred in males and 20 cases (25.3 %) in females.

Mean age was 17.08 years.

Left eye was more commonly involved (57 %).

Initial VA was an important predictor of final VA.

Good initial VA>20/200 leading to excellent final VA.

40.6 % of traumas occurred in the first decade of life.

Injuries less than 10 mm and related to zone I and II predicted a good visual outcome.

In this study endophthalmitis (5.1 %) was much less likely to develop in eyes with primary repairmen within 24 hours from the injury (1.5 %) than in eyes being repaired after 24 hours (21.4 %) and the difference was significant (P = 0.16). Significant predictive factors for final VA after corneal sclera injury include: initial VA, wound length, wound and location, and the time of primary repair.