Eye Trauma in Prapokklao Hospital

Cheocharn Viriyaluppa, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi, Thailand.

    Abstract Retrospective study of 214 cases of eye injuries in Prapokklao Hospital, Chantaburi. Evidently the majority of the patients are farmers in the area of the eastern provinces. Most of them were male of 10-30 years of ages. The accident were mostly caused by the woods from the plant they growed in their farms. The accident occurred in the right eye more than the left. After the accident 86.45% of them came to the hospital with in the first 24 hours.


Thai J Ophthalmol 1987; December 1(2):76-79.