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. 2021 Sep 27;6(3):236–242. doi: 10.14744/bej.2021.01488

Table 2.

The number and the percentage of eyes within each category determined in accordance with Birmingham classification for eye trauma

Category Class of the injury (including Type, grade, pupil and zone Open Eye injuries
Closed Eye injuries
Number of patients Percentage of patients Number of patients Percentage of patients
Type of injury A 40 20 33 58.90
B 86 43 3 5.40
C 53 26.50 7 12.50
D 7 3.50 13 23.20
E 14 7
Grade of injury 1 7 3.50 11 19.60
2 7 3.50 4 7.10
3 25 12.50 8 14.30
4 133 66.50 30 53.60
5 20 10 53 94.60
Undetermined 8 4 3 5.40
Pupil status Pupil (-) 117 58.50 44 78.60
Pupil (+) 54 27.00 11 19.60
Undetermined 29 14.50 1 1.80
Zone of injury I 100 50.00 12 21.40
II 64 32.00 30 53.60
III 36 18.00 14 25.00
Management details and procedures required Anti-glaucoma treatment 4 2 13 23.20
Cataract surgery 53 26.50 9 16.10
Foreign body removal 32 16 5 8.90
Pars plana vitrectomy 53 26.50 1 1.80
Laser photocoagulation 4 2.00
Encircling band 17 8.50 2 3.60
Cryopexy 8 4.00
Evisceration 26 13 1 1.80