Resumen

MOREIRA GUILLEN, Eneida; ROMEU YUNAKA, Sara E.; MARTIN, Juan C.  y  CABRERA COMPTE, Rubén. Eye injures in children: Visual impact. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 1999, vol.12, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

A study of the infantile population affected by eye injures, which accounted for 51,8 % of all admitted patients at the General Teaching Hospital of Moron from 1990-1994, was made. Mechanisms of occurence, causes of accidents and visual disability were analyzed and it was found out that the visual acuity in 23,7 % of children was under 0,05; the most affected were boys (70,9 %) and 6-10 years age group (49,1 %). An epidemiological project was carried out to alert on the seriousness of such eye injures and their erradication.

Palabras clave : EYE INJURIES [etiology]; EYE INJURIES [prevention and control]; CHILD.

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