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. 2020 Jun 9;35(3):945–951. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-1002-1

Table 2.

Distributions of injury types in hospitalised patients.

Type of ocular trauma Number of cases (%)
Mechanical ocular injuries
 Open-globe injuries
  Penetrating 1321 (59.8%)
  Rupture 225 (10.2%)
  Perforating 12 (0.5%)
  Intraocular foreign body 106 (4.8%)
Closed-globe injuries
  Contusion 312 (14.1%)
  Lamellar laceration 19 (0.9%)
Non-Mechanical ocular injuries
  Chemical injury 28 (1.3%)
  Thermal injury 21 (0.9%)
  electrical injury 1 (0.0%)
Ocular adnexa injuriesa 94 (4.2%)
Othersb and unknown 72 (3.3%)
Total 2211 (100.00%)

aOcular adnexal injuries included eyelid injury in 20 patients, lacrimal injury in 16 patients, orbital injury 34 patients and conjunctival injury 24 patients.

bOther injuries included corneal foreign bodies in 63 patients.