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1: Ophthalmologica. 1999;213(6):380-6.Click here to read Links
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Ophthalmologica. 2001 Mar-Apr;215(2):138.

Changes in the epidemiology of ruptured globe eye injuries due to societal changes.

Pump-Schmidt C, Behrens-Baumann W.

Department of Ophthalmology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.

We studied 208 records of patients, who had undergone primary repair of a ruptured globe. A comparison of the periods 1987-1989 and 1993-1995 suggests epidemiological changes as a result of broad changes in occupational and social conditions after the German reunification in 1989. The rate of ruptured globe injuries caused by occupational accidents decreased from 38.8% in the first period to 31.4% in the second. We found an increase in comparable eye injuries as a consequence of leisure activities. Within the years from 1993 to 1995, in occupational accidents, we found a significant decrease in eye injuries in industry while accidents in small companies (e.g. garages, builders and constructors) increased significantly compared to 1987-1989. Copyright Copyright 1999 S.Karger AG, Basel

PMID: 10567871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]