TY - JOUR
T1 - Ocular casualties in the six-day war
AU - Treister, Giora
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. This investigation was supported in part by USPHS Research Grant NB-06207 and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
PY - 1969/10
Y1 - 1969/10
N2 - In the six-day war, 140 of 2,500 casualties (5.6%) suffered combat eye injuries. Shell fragments proved to be responsible for 62% of all ocular injuries; 25% of eye casualties were sustained by tank crews. Almost half of the injured suffered from extraocular foreign bodies, 30% of which were corneal foreign bodies. Double perforations of the globe occurred in 20% of cases. Concussions of the eye proved to be seriously traumatic because of severe intraocular hemorrhages. Bilateral ocular injuries were present in about 26% of cases, but only three casualties suffered a perforating wound of both eyes. There was no case of bilateral excision of the globe, no case of sympathetic ophthalmia and only one case of practical, although not absolute, blindness. Responsible for good results were the policies of no treatment of ocular casualties in the forward echelons and early evacuation to rear installations.
AB - In the six-day war, 140 of 2,500 casualties (5.6%) suffered combat eye injuries. Shell fragments proved to be responsible for 62% of all ocular injuries; 25% of eye casualties were sustained by tank crews. Almost half of the injured suffered from extraocular foreign bodies, 30% of which were corneal foreign bodies. Double perforations of the globe occurred in 20% of cases. Concussions of the eye proved to be seriously traumatic because of severe intraocular hemorrhages. Bilateral ocular injuries were present in about 26% of cases, but only three casualties suffered a perforating wound of both eyes. There was no case of bilateral excision of the globe, no case of sympathetic ophthalmia and only one case of practical, although not absolute, blindness. Responsible for good results were the policies of no treatment of ocular casualties in the forward echelons and early evacuation to rear installations.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(69)91251-3
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(69)91251-3
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AN - SCOPUS:0014589261
VL - 68
SP - 669
EP - 675
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 0002-9394
IS - 4
ER -