TABLE 1.
Patient information
| Variable (n = 52) | Value |
|---|---|
| Demographic data | |
| Age (yr), mean ± SD (range) | 47.3 ± 17.3 (3–82) |
| Sex (no. male/no. female) | 48/4 |
| Occupation (n) | |
| Worker | 31 |
| Farmer | 17 |
| Student | 4 |
| Baseline characteristic (n) | |
| Laterality (left/right) | 30/22 |
| Character of foreign body | |
| Iron | 32 |
| Pebbles | 10 |
| Branch | 3 |
| Electrical wire | 2 |
| Firecracker | 2 |
| Glass | 1 |
| Unclear | 2 |
| Size of wound (mm2), mean ± SD (range) | 4.6 ± 2.4 (1–12) |
| Onset time (h), mean ± SD (range) | 20.1 ± 26.3 (2–168) |
| Follow-up time (mo), mean ± SD (range) | 20.2 ± 9.5 (8–38) |
| Treatment (n) | |
| Enucleation | 15 |
| Vitrectomy | 33 |
| Removal of the foreign body | 4 |
| Final visual acuity (n) | |
| No light perception | 29 |
| Light perception | 9 |
| Hand movement | 8 |
| Count finger | 2 |
| Other | 4 |