Study of Eye injuries in road traffic accident patients

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Keywords : Road Traffic Accidents, Subconjunctival Haemorrage, Ecchymosis, Optic Nerve Trauma.


Abstract

Background: Road traffic accidents (RTA) are causing high rates of mortality and morbidity. RTA is ranked eighth most common cause of death worldwide and India accounts for almost 11% of accident related deaths. RTA is responsible for a significant number of ocular injuries, like: intraocular hemorrhages, retinal detachment and optic nerve trauma. This study was planned to study the magnitude of ocular injuries following road traffic accidents in Jammu.
Method: A hospital based prospective study was carried out for a period of 6 months on 50 patients in Government Medical College Jammu and written informed consent was taken for the study. The study samples were collected from emergency, patients of all ages, both gender having a road traffic accident related ocular trauma.
Results: Subconjunctival haemorrage was reported in 70% of patients, while lid oedema and ecchymosis in 66%, conjunctival chemosis in 42% and anterior dislocation of lens in 10% of patients. Most of the cases were in the age group of 30-40 years (42%) with predominance of males (44, 88%); Two-wheeler accidents were reported at 64% of times; Bilateral ocular involvement stood at 6%. Involvement of right eye was in 55% of cases.8% patients had open globe injury.
Conclusion: Adult males, riding two wheelers, were the major victims, with a possibility of severe ocular injuries and related trauma.

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