Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2015

Ocular manifestations of head injury a clinical study

Dr. Pradeep. Pakalapati, Dr. Azeemunnisa Mohamad, Dr. Talluri Sritej

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 OBJECTIVE: Primary objective: To describe various ocular manifestations in selected patients with craniocereal injuries. Secondary objective: To find out if any relationship exists between different ocular manifestations in regard to nature and severity of injury. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Hospital based prospective study comprised of 106 patients of 2 years duration Participants of the studyo inpatients of the ophthalmology and surgery and neurosurgery wards o out patients from the ophthalmology, surgery, neurosurgery and casualty departments RESULTS: Among 106 patients only 18 patients were female ( 16.98 %) and rest 88 were males ( 83.02 %). The age of the patients in study ranges from 3 years to 69 years. Majority of the cases belonged to 21 to 30 years followed by 31 to 40 years. Among the various causes of head trauma, road traffic accident (RTA) was found to be the commonest cause (66.98%) followed by Assault (16.98% ). From the road traffic accidents majority were associated with two wheeler accidents followed by four wheelers and pedestrians. CONCLUSION: soft tissue injuries to globe and adnexa are most common ocular manifestations in craniocereal injuries. Neuroophthalmic manifestations were less commonly found. Bony injury to the orbit was even less commonly found.

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Dr. Pradeep. Pakalapati, Dr. Azeemunnisa mohamad, Dr. Talluri Sritej Dr. Pradeep. Pakalapati, Dr. Azeemunnisa mohamad, Dr. Talluri Sritej Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 6 June 2015

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