Eye Trauma: The Neglected Disorder
Eye Trauma: The Neglected Disorder
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眼外伤：被忽视的疾病
DOI：
10.1001/archopht.1986.01050220046022
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发表时间：
1986
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通讯作者：
L. Parver
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作者：
L. Parver
眼外伤是导致数十万美国人严重视力损害的主要原因。然而，它并没有得到应有的关注。参见第1435页和第1473页。·每年有超过240万例眼损伤发生。1·眼损伤是仅次于白内障的第二大视力损伤原因。1·每年有4万名患者在眼外伤后留下严重的视力损伤1。·在美国，估计有938000人患有损伤引起的视力障碍，其中超过75%是单眼失明。1·眼科医生每20个患者中就有一个是因为眼睛损伤。1·损伤是仅次于白内障和斜视的第二大住院原因。随着门诊手术的使用越来越多，损伤作为未来住院治疗的指征将更加重要。
Eye trauma is a leading cause of significant visual impairment involving hundreds of thousands of Americans. Yet it has not received the attention it merits. See also pp 1435 and 1473. • Over 2.4 million eye injuries occur each year.1 • Eye injury is second only to cataracts as the most common cause of visual impairment.1 • Forty thousand patients annually are left with a significant visual impairment1 after eye trauma. • An estimated 938 000 individuals in the United States have injury-induced visual impairment, with over 75% of these being monocularly blind.1 • One of every 20 patients seen by an ophthalmologist is there because of an eye injury.1 • Injury is second only to cataract and strabismus as the leading cause for hospitalization. With the increasing use of outpatient surgery, injury will be even more important as an indication for hospitalization in the future.1 Given the scope of