Risk Factors for Trauma-Related Eviscerations: Analysis of 821 Cases

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Analysis of the age distribution of the study population and of objects that caused their injury. (a) Most patients underwent evisceration when they were aged between 18 and 30 years, followed by the 31 to 45 years age-group; 89% of the patients who underwent evisceration were adults. However, when considering the age of the patient at the time of the original ocular trauma, most patients were under ten years old (35%), followed by 18–30 and 31–45 years old. (b) The materials of the objects that caused ocular trauma were mostly metal (25%), followed by wood materials (12%). Individual items that caused trauma included fireworks (11%) and grinding wheel (5%).

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