AIM:To understand the causes and distribution of ocular trauma, and to provide evidence for the prevention and treatment of ocular trauma.

METHODS:The clinical data of hospitalized patients with ocular trauma from September 2012 to September 2016 in 4 general hospitals of Qingyuan were analyzed statistically, including age, sex, the eye involved, occupation and education level.

RESULTS:Totally 953 patients(959 eyes)with ocular trauma were enrolled, in which 832 patients were males, 127 were females, aged 4-67 years old, with an average age of 34.6±10.3 years old. The highest incidence age was 20-50. The injury rate of the left and right eye is 0.92:1; 66.3% of the patients were graduated from junior high school or even lower. The occupations were mainly workers and farmers, accounting for 31.9% and 37.9%. Most of the patients were penetrating ocular injury, accounted for 51.2%. The main cause of injury was blunt injury, accounting for 31.9%, followed by the traffic accident and high speed foreignbody, sharp instrument injury. Patients were mainly treated by surgery alone and complications were traumatic cataract, accounting for 31.8%. After active treatment, the visual acuity was certainly improved.

CONCLUSION: People with high risk of ocular trauma need to take appropriate measures to prevent eye injury and clinics should pay attention to the occurrence of cataract.