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Michael Yulish1, Noam Reshef2, Aleks Lerner2
1Department of Orthopedics, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel. yulishmichael@gmail.com
Background:
Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity
Objectives:
To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel.
Methods:
We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data.
Results:
In 2% of the patients the injuries occurred during a sport activity. Most of the injuries occurred during soccer, basketball or school sport activity (74%). The majority of patients were young males.
Conclusions:
Most sports-related eye injuries can be prevented with adequate eye protection.
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