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. 2011 May;26(5):675-8.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.5.675. Epub 2011 Apr 21.

Association of alcohol consumption with the risk of ocular trauma

Sang Beom Han  1 , Hee Kyung Yang, Se Joon Woo, Joon Young Hyon, Jeong-Min Hwang
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Association of alcohol consumption with the risk of ocular trauma

Sang Beom Han et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2011 May.

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of alcohol consumption on the risk of ocular trauma. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,024 patients who visited emergency department and received ophthalmologic examination from January 1 to December 31, 2009. The patients were divided into 2 groups: those with ocular trauma (n = 494) and those without (n = 530); the influence of alcohol consumption was compared between these 2 groups. In the ocular trauma group, the association of the causes and types of ocular trauma with alcohol consumption was evaluated. One of 530 patients of no trauma group and 117 (23.7%) of 494 patients of trauma group were related with alcohol intake, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Concerning the causes, physical assault was significantly more common in alcohol-associated injury (P < 0.001). Regarding the types of injury, orbital wall fracture and hyphema showed a significant association with alcohol consumption (P < 0.001). Older age and nighttime injury were significantly related to the increased risk of alcohol-associated ocular trauma (P = 0.018 and < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of ocular trauma.

Keywords: Alcohol-associated Ocular Trauma; Alcohols; Assault; Eye Injuries; Ocular Trauma.

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