Research Article
Open Globe Injuries Related to Traffic Accidents: A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Demographics of road traffic-related open globe injury patients.
| Characteristics of patients | Number, N (%) |
| Gender | Male | 72 (78.3) | Female | 20 (21.7) |
| Age group | <20 years | 16 (17.4) | 20–39 years | 47 (51.1) | 40–59 years | 24 (26.1) | ≥60 years | 5 (5.4) |
| Laterality | Unilateral | 82 (89.1) | Bilateral | 10 (10.9) |
| Status | Pedestrian | 3 (3.3) | Car driver/passenger | 54 (58.7) | Motorcycle rider/passenger | 30 (32.6) | Unknown | 5 (5.4) |
| Causative objects (102 eyes) | Broken glass | 42 (41.2) | Blunt object/vehicle part | 39 (38.2) | Metal object | 8 (7.8) | Wood | 2 (2.0) | Unknown | 11 (10.8) |
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