• Ulus Travma Acil Cer · May 2013

    Soccer ball related posterior segment closed-globe injuries in outdoor amateur players.

    • Gökçen Gökçe, Osman Melih Ceylan, Fazil Cüneyt Erdurman, Ali Hakan Durukan, and Güngör Sobacı.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Sarıkamış Military Hospital, Kars, Turkey. drgokcengokce@gmail.com
    • Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2013 May 1;19(3):219-22.

    BackgroundThe aim of this study is to report the characteristics, treatment, and anatomical and functional outcomes of outdoor amateur soccer players with soccer ball-related posterior segment ocular trauma.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective chart review of 22 patients with diagnoses of closed-globe ocular trauma caused by soccer play activity from 2004 through 2008. Injuries were classified according to Ocular Trauma Classification.ResultsAll patients (n=22) were male, and all injuries were caused by contact with the soccer ball itself. Sixteen (72%) patients did not require any treatment. Surgery was performed on 5 (22%) patients. Twenty (91%) patients had 5/200 or better visual acuity (VA) at presentation and 2 (9%) had hand movements or worse VA. At the final visit, all patients had 5/200 or better VA (p<0.01).ConclusionA soccer ball can cause significant posterior segment trauma, and using eye protection equipment might be an appropriate solution.

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