Dr.sunil shrivastava, S20685
Aims: To study the ocular morbidity due to road traffic accidents (RTA). Methodology: A hospital based
observational study was carried out on 235 patient of RTA during 1 year study period. A detailed history
& ocular examination of each patient were recorded in all cases. Result: Age of the patients ranged
from 6- 75 yrs of whom 84% were male. Decreased vision <6/12 was found in 45% of cases & 2% had
total loss of vision. Most common ocular manifestation were periorbital edema with ecchymosis (80%),
lid injury (64%), Conjuntival injury (33%), corneal injury (19%), disc edema & hemorrhage (10%),
hyphaema (7%), lens injury ( 6%), orbital fracture (5%) and retinal hemorrhage in 3.% of cases. Only
21% of cases were using road safety measures. Conclusion: Ocular injury in road traffic accident is a
preventable cause of the blindness. With the use of the proper safety measure & following traffic rules
can decrease the burden of the ocular morbidity due to RTAs
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