An Important Cause of Blindness in Children: Open Globe Injuries

Table 2

Subjects that cause open globe injuries.

Cause of injury		%
Metal (knife, scissors, fork, wire, and foreign body)	28	51.8
Wood (branch of tree, plank, and pencil)	8	14.8
Glass	7	13.0
Others (cable, toy, needle, and edge of a locker)	4	7.4
N/A	7	13.0
Total	54	100.0

: number, %: percent, and N/A: not available.