[Eye injuries in the Cameroon environment of Yaounde]

From 1st January 1988 to 31st September 1990 1.321 cases of eye injury were seen in our service. These cases represented 12.24% of our consultations: 911 males and 410 females. The average age was 27 years and there were two peaks of 0-9 years and 20-29. About half of those injured were students with fights constituting the principal cause of injuries. The left eye was more often affected than the right. The complications encountered were many and varied.