NCT04497896

Playtime Open Globe Injuries in Children

Epidemiology, Aetiologies, and Complications of Playtime Open-globe Injuries in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assiut University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This study investigated the epidemiology, aetiologies, and complications of playtime open-globe injuries in children at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, between January to July 2016.

Detailed description

This prospective study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University Hospital, which is the largest tertiary referral hospital in Upper Egypt and provides 24-hour ophthalmic emergency services for six governorates. The study included all children (age ≤18 years) admitted with open-globe injuries that occurred during playtime over a 6-month study period. Demographic information (age and sex), the site and mechanism of injury, the site of ocular laceration (corneal, scleral or corneoscleral) and associated complications were recorded and analysed.

Conditions

• Eye Trauma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Repair of open globe injury	repair of corneal, corneoscleral, or scleral wounds

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-07-31
• Completion: 2017-01-01
• First posted: 2020-08-04
• Last updated: 2021-07-28