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Epidemiology of Pediatric Ophthalmic Trauma Amneet Hans1, Joshua Schliesser1,2, Faheem Mahomed1, Anvesh Reddy1, David Lyon1 1UMKC School of Medicine, 2Children’s Mercy Hospital INTRODUCTION RESULTS •Pediatric ocular trauma is recognized as a leading cause of preventable unilateral blindness. •Anecdotal evidence suggests pediatric ocular trauma increases during summer months. •Our study aim is to determine if pediatric ocular trauma occurs more frequently during the summer season and determine how visual outcome varies by seasonality, gender, age, mechanisms of injury, and surgical management. •374 patients with eye injuries were evaluated. 255 patients were male and 119 were female (p<0.001). •Eye injuries occurred most during the spring and summer months (58.8%, p=0.007). • Blunt trauma occurred more frequently than penetrating (78.34 vs 21.66%; p<0.001), with an average age of 10.49±4.48 years and 8.26±4.36 years, respectively (p<0.001), and resulted in better visual acuity (0.16 logMAR vs 0.73 logMAR; p<0.001). •Projectile injuries resulted in worse vision (0.68 logMAR vs 0.21 logMAR; p<0.001). METHODS Pediatric ophthalmology consults for ocular trauma occurring between January 2003 and November 2012 were reviewed retrospectively. DISCUSSION •Eye injuries were observed most in the spring •and summer months. •Risk factors for poor visual outcome included penetrating trauma, projectile mechanism, and trauma requiring multiple surgeries. CONCLUSION •Pediatric ocular trauma outcomes vary greatly. •By understanding these outcome variables there is potential for improving patient safety and the management of pediatric ophthalmic trauma. REFERENCES Brophy M, et al. Pediatric eye injury-related hospitalizations in the United States. Peds. 2006 Jun 117(6):e1263-71.