Epidemiology of eye injuries sustained by military personnel in China

作     者：XIAO Jian-he ZHANG Mao-nian JIANG Cai-hui ZHANG Ying QIU Huai-yu 

作者机构：Department of Ophthalmology General Hospital of Chinese PLA Beijing 100853 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Traumatology》 (中华创伤杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第14卷第6期

页      面：359-362页

学科分类：11[军事学] 03[法学] 08[工学] 0838[工学-公安技术] 0306[法学-公安学] 

基　　金：We would like to thank colleagues from the 11 military evacuation hospitals of military training injury surveillance spots for their valuable work in collecting information of hospitalized eye injury patients 

主　　题：Epidemiology Eye injuries Militaryhygiene Military personnel 

摘      要：Objective： To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of eye injuries sustained by military personnel in Chinese army. Methods： Eleven military evacuation hospitals located in different regions were selected for this study. We reviewed all the medical records of eye injuries sustained by military personnel between January 2005 and December 2009. Patients＇ information was collected. All data were put into database and analyzed statistically. Results： Totally there were 415 inpatients with eye injuries （442 eyes） and their mean age was 24.40 years. Eye injury accounts for 13.51% of all eye diseases in this study. From 2006 to 2009, the number of eye injury increased gradually. Among them, 175 （42.17%） were injured in leisure time, and 145 （34.94%） in working time. Twenty-two （5.30%） patients had an eye surgery or history of eye disease before injury. In all, 246 patients （59.28%） were sent to evacuation hospital within 24 hours and 64 （56.64%） underwent surgeries in 24 hours after injury. There were 389 patients （93.73%） hospitalized for 1 time. Visual acuities of 187 eyes （42.31%） were grade 1 （≥ 20/40） after injury. When discharge, 349 eyes （78.96%） obtained a visual acuity of grade 1. Conclusion： Eye injury has a very frequent incidence in Chinese army and much more attention should be paid to prevent it.