2022
DOI: 10.4236/ojoph.2022.123026
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Pediatric Eye Trauma: Epidemiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects at CADESSO in Donka, Guinea

Abstract: Introduction: Eye trauma represents all morbid lesions on the eyeball due to external violence. In children, they are an important cause of morbidity and the leading cause of monocular blindness. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic characteristics of eye trauma in children aged 0 to 16 at the Application Centre for the Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies in Ophthalmology (CADESSO) in Donka, Guinea. Patients and Method: This was a prospective longitudinal stud… Show more

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“…The ratio of ocular trauma occurrence was 1.66: 1 male: female, the ratio in pre-school subjects was 1.6: 1 while the school age subjects were 1.7: 1. Our study's male predominance was in line with evidence from the literature regarding Lama PL et al 2022 [11] , Mayouego Kouam, et al 2015 [17] , Mensah, A et al 2004 [18] . El-Sebaity DM, et al 2011 [15] , Takvans, J.A.…”
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confidence: 91%
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“…The ratio of ocular trauma occurrence was 1.66: 1 male: female, the ratio in pre-school subjects was 1.6: 1 while the school age subjects were 1.7: 1. Our study's male predominance was in line with evidence from the literature regarding Lama PL et al 2022 [11] , Mayouego Kouam, et al 2015 [17] , Mensah, A et al 2004 [18] . El-Sebaity DM, et al 2011 [15] , Takvans, J.A.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…67.5% of our patients were more than six years. Despite the number of study subjects was higher in other studies as that conducted by Lama PL et al 2022 [11] that included 205 cases of eye trauma, Patients' ages ranged from one to sixteen years in extremes, with an average of 7.87 years. Having a sex ratio of 1.59, there were 126 (61%) more men than women.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 83%
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“…In Guinea, in a study on a pediatric population, LAMA [8], reports a frequency of 9.31% of trauma and 30.92% of all ocular trauma.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…[7] Several studies have been carried out in Africa on ocular trauma in children and adults with a frequency of 9.31% of childhood trauma and 30.92% of all ocular trauma according to LAMA in Guinea. [8] and 38.5% according to LAM in Senegal [9] and in Mali in Bamako more precisely at IOTA with a frequency of 4.80% during the COVID period according to Sissoko (3 = 5) and 22.46% in emergency consultation according to BAKAYOKO [10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%