Table 9.
Number of children (%) with eye injury according to final visual acuity in relation to initial visual acuity at release from hospital
|
Type of injury |
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|
Final visual acuity |
Closed globe |
Open globe |
Total |
| Normal (0.9–1.0) |
239 (80) |
9 (17) |
248 |
| Mildly impaired (0.3–0.8) |
47 (16) |
17 (32) |
64 |
| Poor (0.02–0.25) | |||
| Moderate (0.125–0.25) |
2 (0.7) |
6 (11.3) |
8 |
| Serious (0.05–0.1) |
6 (2) |
7 (13.2) |
13 |
| Deep (0.02–0.04) |
2 (1) |
5 (9.4) |
7 |
| Semi–blindness (light perception to 0.01) |
1 (0.33) |
8 (15.1) |
9 |
| Blindness (no light perception) |
1 (0.33) |
0 |
1 |
| Total | n = 299 (85) | n = 54 (15) | n = 353 |