Epidemiology and outcomes of open globe injuries: the international globe and adnexal trauma epidemiology study (IGATES)

Hoskin AK 1 , Low R 2 , Sen P 3 , Mishra C 4 , Kamalden TA 5 , Woreta F 6 Show all authors , Shah M 7 , Pauly M 8 , Rousselot A 9 , Sundar G 10 , Natarajan S 11 , Keay L 12 , Gunasekeran DV 13 , Watson SL 1 , Agrawal R 14 , IGATES Study Group - An Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society publication

Affiliations 

  • 1 Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • 2 Department of Ophthalmology, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Novena, 308433, Singapore
  • 3 Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
  • 4 Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India
  • 5 UM Eye Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 7 Drashti Nethralaya Eye Hospital, Dahod, India
  • 8 Giridhar Eye Institute, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • 9 Consultorios Oftalmológicos Benisek Ascarza, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 10 National University Hospital, Kent Ridge, Singapore
  • 11 Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • 12 School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
  • 13 School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore
  • 14 Department of Ophthalmology, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Novena, 308433, Singapore. Rupesh_agrawal@ttsh.com.sg
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 2021 Jun 26.
PMID: 34173879 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-021-05266-1

Abstract

PURPOSE: To detail the methodology for a novel ocular trauma registry and utilize the registry to determine the demographics, nature of injury, and associations of severe visual loss for open globe injuries (OGI).

METHODS: Thirteen hospitals in 7 countries used International Globe and Adnexal Trauma Epidemiology Study (IGATES) platform. Patients presenting between April 2009 and 2020 with OGI (with or without) adnexal involvement or intraocular foreign body (IOFB) were included.

RESULTS: Analyses of presenting and final VA, using "severe vision loss" (VA ≤ 6/60) and "no severe loss" (VA > 6/60), were performed. Four hundred fifty-four (64%) patients had VA 

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