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Chemical eye injuries: presentation and management difficulties Adepoju FG; Adeboye A; Adigun IAAnn Afr Med 2007[Mar]; 6 (1): 7-11BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: To review the pattern of presentation and management difficulty of patients with ocular chemical bums. METHOD: Retrospective study of all patients with ocular burns seen over 8-year period (March 1998-April 2006) in the eye clinic as well as the plastic and reconstructive surgery unit of our hospital. Case files were retrieved and relevant information extracted and analyzed. RESULTS: There were a total of 23 patients (n=33 eyes) seen in the period under review consisting of 19 males and 4 females. The age ranged from 6-52 years with mean age of 31.87years. The chemical injuries were accidental in 73.9% of the cases and of these 76.5% were work related. The remaining 26.1% resulting from assault were bilateral and led to blindness in all the patients. Main injurious agents were acid and alkali. CONCLUSION: Major cause of chemical injury was work related; although blindness and disability occurred more in the cases of assault. Occupational health issues need a revisit, preparedness of health institutions to take adequate care of people with ocular burns is presently poor.|Adolescent[MESH]|Adult[MESH]|Burns, Chemical/*diagnosis/etiology/*therapy[MESH]|Child[MESH]|Child, Preschool[MESH]|Cohort Studies[MESH]|Eye Burns/*chemically induced/diagnosis/*therapy[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Infant[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Retrospective Studies[MESH]|Risk Factors[MESH]|Trauma Severity Indices[MESH]|Treatment Outcome[MESH]|Vision Disorders/etiology[MESH] |