ArticleDer Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft2019
[Ocular injuries from fireworks in the past 11 years : Evaluation of the University Hospital and Polyclinic for Ophthalmology Halle].
Article in Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Significant increase of firework induced eye injuries in Germany and The Netherlands- are we doing enough to protect minors and bystanders?Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Firework injuries around New Year's Eve - epidemiology, injury patterns and risk factors.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- New Year's Eve in otorhinolaryngology: a 16-year retrospective evaluation.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- Occurrence and outcome of firework-related ocular injuries in Switzerland: A descriptive retrospective study.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Injuries, treatment, and impairment caused by different types of fireworks; results of a 10 year multicenter retrospective cohort study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeEvery year around New Year's Eve severe eye injuries are caused by fireworks. There is a large variety ranging from slight superficial injuries to very severe trauma necessitating extensive and sometimes repeated surgical treatment. As a consequence the patients not only suffer from functional or cosmetic impairments but also from socioeconomic problems, such as reduced capacity to work and inability to work. All firework-related eye injuries treated at the University Hospital Halle from 2008 to 2018 were retrospectively and systematically analyzed. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe patients were analyzed with respect to age, gender, injury distribution, type of injury, circumstances, form of treatment, consequences and duration of inability to work.
resultsFrom the turn of the year 2008/2009 to the turn of the year 2018/2019 a total of 144 eyes from 116 patients were treated at the ophthalmology department of the University Hospital Halle. The injuries involved 80 male patients (69%) and 36 female patients (31%), among them 44 children (38%) aged under 18 years, 81 right and 63 left eyes. In 28 patients both eyes were affected. Of the patients 44% handled the fireworks themselves and 56% were bystanders. Injuries were mostly caused by bangers (37%) and rockets (24%). Of the patients 37 had to be hospitalized, 14 eyes needed immediate surgical treatment, 2 eyes needed surgery later on in irritation-free intervals and 12 eyes needed repeated surgery. The duration of inability to work was on average 21.6 days, 2 eyes went blind because of the fireworks-related injury and 29% of the patients had visual impairments of which 43% were classified as severe impairments.
conclusionFireworks-related injuries are preventable injuries. As in most cases children, young adults and bystanders are affected by fireworks injuries, prophylactic and educational programs are urgently needed and legal regulations are necessary.
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