Appraising the spectrum of firework trauma and the related laws during Diwali in North India.

Abstract:

PURPOSE:To evaluate the epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of ocular injuries resulting from the use of firecrackers during the Diwali festival in all age groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A single-center, retrospective, hospital-based case series presenting with ocular trauma consequent to fireworks usage in a tertiary eye care center in North India during the 5 days of Diwali festival from 2011 to 2015 was conducted. RESULTS:A total of 53 eyes of 45 patients were included in the study, out of which the vast majority (39/87%) were males. The mean age was 20.55 years. Almost an equal number of bystanders (25/55.5%) were affected as compared to people handling the fireworks (20/44.44%). Five (9.43%) eyes had open-globe injury, whereas 48 (90.56%) eyes had closed-globe injury. Eighteen (33.96%) eyes underwent surgical intervention. Thirty-three (62.26%) eyes had final vision >20/200 with eight (15.09%) eyes being vision <3/60 in the affected eye. CONCLUSION:Firework-related ocular trauma can lead to serious visual impairment. Mandatory legislative laws pertaining to the manufacture, sale, and use of fireworks and creating public awareness can reduce the incidence of this preventable cause of blindness in the society. Initiating new policies for retailers involved in sale of these firecrackers can also bring in decrease of such morbidities.

journal_name

Indian J Ophthalmol

authors

Venkatesh R,Gurav P,Tibrewal S,Agarwal M,Dubey S,Mathur U,Ganesh S,Das S

doi

10.4103/ijo.IJO_527_16

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-02-01 00:00:00

pages

140-143

issue

2

eissn

0301-4738

issn

1998-3689

pii

IndianJOphthalmol_2017_65_2_140_202861

journal_volume

65

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