PECULIARITIES OF THE DAMAGE OF THE EYE AUXILIARY APPARATUS IN BITES BY THE ANIMALS

Authors

  • O. V. Petrenko Kiev, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh201315152

Keywords:

допоміжний апарат ока, укуси тварин, дефекти, ураження повік та сльозових органів

Abstract

The work presents the characteristic of the damages of the eye auxiliary apparatus in 56 patients which appeared during the bites by animals. There were revealed the peculiarities of this form of injuries and conditions in which they appear. It is established that 96.4 % of cases of the eye auxiliary apparatus damage in bites of by the animals were characterized by severe injury of the eyelids, lacrimal organs, eyeball, with disturbance of the tissue integrity of the superciliary, malar and temporal region. It was revealed that traumas associated with dog bites were deep, lacerated, crushed, contaminated wounds with defects of the tissues corresponding to the form of the animal jaws, which were accompanied by tearing of one or both eyelids off the internal adhesion with the destruction of the lacrimal organs. Traumas associated with bites of cats were by the deep stab wounds with damage of the eyeball and insignificant skin It was determined that this form of injuries is characteristic of high, infection of the bite site.

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Published

2013-02-27

Issue

Section

Clinical Ophthalmology

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