Retina 2021 May 27. Epub 2021 May 27.
Department of Ophthalmology, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Wilford Hall Eye Center, San Antonio, TX, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Department of Graduate Medical Education, Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA, USA Department of Graduate Medical Education, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program and Research Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA Retina Group of Washington D.C., Greenbelt, MD, USA Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Bethesda, MD, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA.
Objective: To characterize the nature of posterior segment ocular injuries in combat trauma.
Methods: Eyes in the Walter Reed Ocular Trauma Database were evaluated for the presence of posterior segment injury. Final visual outcomes in open- versus closed-globe injuries and by zone of injury, and the types of posterior segment injuries in open- versus closed-globe injuries were assessed. Read More