CLINICAL STUDY AND PROFILE OF OCULAR TRAUMA: FINDINGS FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE FROM NORTHERN INDIA

studying the clinical profile of patients with ocular trauma presenting to casuality of MLB medical college jhansi. Material and methods:- This prospective study, which was hospital-based, was carried out from October 2023 to April 2024. In this study, 50 patients who came straight to the casualty department of MLB Medical College in Jhansi were included. These patients had evaluations of the anterior and posterior segments after having their exterior injuries and visual acuity evaluated. After a week, these patients were checked for follow up.Results Ocular trauma was widespread in people aged 29 to 42; only two patients were older than 60, and 15 of them were children (1–20 years old). Males experienced more ocular trauma (82.2%) than females (17.8%). Twenty percent of patients had open globe injuries, while eighty percent had closed globe injuries. The majority of the 35 patients had lid laceration (70%) when the open and closed globe injuries were categorized into their subtypes. Ten patients had corneal penetration (20%), three patients had corneal abasion (6%), and two patients had lid abrasion (4%). Although 36 patients (72%), who had a history of traffic accidents, arrived at the hospital, 6 of them had been traumatized by a wooden stick.Conclusion:-The most frequent cause of eye trauma among patients who visited this hospital\'s casualty department was automobile accidents.