Playtime Open Globe Injuries in Children

NCT ID: NCT04497896

Last Updated: 2021-07-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

81 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-01

Study Completion Date

2017-01-01

Brief Summary

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This study investigated the epidemiology, aetiologies, and complications of playtime open-globe injuries in children at the Assiut University Hospital, Egypt, between January to July 2016.

Detailed Description

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This prospective study was conducted at the Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University Hospital, which is the largest tertiary referral hospital in Upper Egypt and provides 24-hour ophthalmic emergency services for six governorates. The study included all children (age ≤18 years) admitted with open-globe injuries that occurred during playtime over a 6-month study period. Demographic information (age and sex), the site and mechanism of injury, the site of ocular laceration (corneal, scleral or corneoscleral) and associated complications were recorded and analysed.

Conditions

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Eye Trauma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Repair of open globe injury

repair of corneal, corneoscleral, or scleral wounds

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* all children (age ≤18 years) admitted with open-globe injuries that occurred during playtime over a 6-month study period (January-July 2016).

Exclusion Criteria

* Open globe injuries in patients olader than 18 years.
* Closed globe injuries
Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Khaled Abdelazeem

Associate professor of Ophthalmology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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17300438

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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