Abstract
Purpose
To evaluate the clinical features, and anatomical and visual outcomes in patients with closed-globe contusion injury involving the posterior segment.
Methods
Retrospective review of posterior segment contusion injuries admitted to our tertiary referral center.
Results
In all, 115 patients (115 eyes) with complete data were reviewed. Surgery had been performed in 79 (69%) patients. The mean follow-up period was 6 months (range, 2–34 months). Retinal detachment, in 31% of eyes, was the most frequently encountered posterior segment pathology. The presence of retinal detachment was associated with poor visual outcome (<20/100), (P<0.001). Coexisting (five patients, 4%) and postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) (two patients, 2%) was the main cause of failure in these cases. A significant positive correlation was obtained between initial and final visual acuity levels in both the medical treatment group and the surgical treatment group (P<0.05). The presenting visual acuity of <20/400 was associated with poor visual outcome (P<0.05 for both groups). Poor visual outcome in 13 patients with successful repair of retinal detachment was due to the macular lesions and the optic atrophy.
Conclusion
Retinal detachment was the most frequently encountered posterior segment pathology subsequent to closed-globe contusion injuries. In addition to macular scarring and optic nerve damage, development of PVR has prognostic significance in these eyes.
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Cuneyt Erdurman, F., Sobaci, G., Acikel, C. et al. Anatomical and functional outcomes in contusion injuries of posterior segment. Eye 25, 1050–1056 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2011.118
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