J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1972 Sep;13(3):157-161.
A Statistical Observation of the Ocular Injuries (I)
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The authors analysed statistically 314 cases of the ocular injuries among 37.826 Out and In-patients who visited to Severance Hospital for 6 years duration (from sept. 1965 to Aug. 1971). Male (72%) was three times as much as female (28%) among the patients and they were mostly 2nd and 3rd decades. Most frequent causes of injuries were finger. fist and iron pieces which mainly resulted in subconjunctival hemorrhage and corneal foreign body.
