[Eye injuries caused by traffic accidents]. 1982

E J Schmitt

Severe injuries of the eyes and the periocular region may happen to those people, not secured by a safety belt, while the head crashes against the windshield in case of a car accident. These injuries typically run across the nose, the front and the eyelids, while other parts of the face are often not involved. Besides these wounds, the eyes show corneal and scleral perforations, loss of lens and iris as demonstrated by some victims of traffic accidents. Studies have shown that the most serious head- and eye-injuries occur to people in a frontal collision, which is the most common type of collision. On the other hand, the risk to be injured at the head or the eyes in a frontal collision while using the safety belt is under 1%.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011482 Protective Devices Devices designed to provide protection against injury. Safety Devices,Device, Protective,Device, Safety,Devices, Protective,Devices, Safety,Protective Device,Safety Device
D005131 Eye Injuries Damage or trauma inflicted to the eye by external means. The concept includes both surface injuries and intraocular injuries. Injuries, Eye,Eye Injury,Injury, Eye
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000063 Accidents, Traffic Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to AUTOMOBILES (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), BICYCLING, and MOTORCYCLES but not OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; RAILROADS nor snowmobiles. Traffic Collisions,Traffic Crashes,Traffic Accidents,Accident, Traffic,Collision, Traffic,Collisions, Traffic,Crashes, Traffic,Traffic Accident,Traffic Collision

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