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Published on: August 25, 2021
Epidemiology of ocular injuries associated with landscaping tools
Marko Oydanich1, John Yan1, Aditya Uppuluri1
1Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States.
Abstract:
The purpose of this retrospective, cross-sectional study was to determine and analyze the trends in ocular injuries related to landscaping activities and equipment from 2010 to 2019. A total of 168,845 ocular injuries were associated with landscaping activities with the majority of cases occurring in men (80.4%) between the ages of 41-60 during the summer months of June, July, and August. The majority of ocular injuries did not require admission (97.8%) but of those that were admitted 42% had an open globe injury (n = 399). The results of this investigation provide useful information for emergency room physicians and ophthalmologists in understanding the prevalence of these landscaping-associated ocular injuries and further draw suspicion for the incidence of open globe injuries in this population.
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