1. Mobile battery blast injuries: An emerging ocular health hazard in children.
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Shah C, Goyal A, Sen P, Peeush P, Sen A, More A, and Jain E
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- Humans, Child, Retrospective Studies, Visual Acuity, Treatment Outcome, Prognosis, Blast Injuries diagnosis, Blast Injuries epidemiology, Blast Injuries etiology, Eye Injuries complications, Eye Injuries diagnosis, Eye Injuries epidemiology, Eye Foreign Bodies diagnosis, Eye Foreign Bodies epidemiology, Eye Foreign Bodies etiology, Eye Injuries, Penetrating diagnosis, Eye Injuries, Penetrating epidemiology, Eye Injuries, Penetrating etiology
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Purpose: To assess clinical features, visual outcomes, and setting of mobile battery blast-induced eye injuries in children., Methods: Retrospective case sheets of children with mobile battery blast injuries were reviewed at a tertiary eye care center from January 2015 to March 2022. We noted the mode of injury, battery status, and clinical presentation and analyzed the treatment outcomes., Results: The study included 14 eyes of 11 patients. Three patients (27%) had bilateral ocular injuries. The most common reasons for the blast were wiring a bulb to the battery or charging the battery with a universal mobile charger, seen in four cases each. Three eyes had closed-globe injuries (CGIs), whereas 11 had open-globe injuries (OGIs). Of the 11 eyes with OGI, four also had a retained intraocular foreign body (IOFB). Only four (36%) eyes having OGI could achieve vision better than 6/60. All three eyes with CGIs developed secondary glaucoma, and two underwent trabeculectomy. However, the visual prognosis was better (>6/36) in eyes with CGI. Overall, mean visual acuity at the final follow-up was improved to 1.41 ± 1.14 logMAR from 2.32 ± 0.76 logMAR at presentation. This was also found to be statistically significant with a P value of 0.02., Conclusion: Battery blast-induced ocular injuries, although rare, often lead to poor outcomes. Apart from charging, playing with discarded or damaged batteries was a common reason for battery blasts in our series., (Copyright © 2023 Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.)
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- 2023
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