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“...diagnosis and type of ocular injury were retrieved from the record. Details of the treatment received by the patients with investigations reports like x-ray orbit, CT Scan and MRI whenever done
were also retrieved from the record book. Ocular injuries were further classified as open globe injuries or closed globe injuries according to Ocular Trauma Classification Group by Kuhn and associates.7 Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive methods and SPSS version 15.0 (Statistical package for social sciences, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Categorical variables are presented as frequencies and percentages, and continuous variables as mean, standard deviation (SD) or median values.
RESULTS
According to the hospital records, total 3679 earthquake affected patients were managed in Dhulikhel Hospital, majority of which consisted of orthopedic related injuries, during first three weeks of earthquake. The record at Ophthalmology department and Emergency department showed that 92 patients had some form...”
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“...12 Their low prevalence than ours may be due to their exclusion of mild to moderate ocular injuries. This is the only literature available for reference as ocular trauma related to natural disasters has not been studied compared to the extensive studies done in ocular trauma in general setting.
Most of the literatures show that ocular injuries are more frequent in males.8-10'13 In contrast, study done in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, females were involved in 68% cases which can be due to the effect of social and cultural habits in Pakistan, where females are mostly indoors and in earthquakes, people who are indoors are affected more than who are outdoors.12'14 But this study has revealed unusual pattern of equal involvement of males and females which is obvious because both the genders are equally exposed to ocular injuries since the earthquake occurred on the day of holiday and most of the people were at their homes.
Increased incidence of ocular findings among the young children and adolescents...”
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