OCULAR TRAUMA RELATED TO PELLET GUNS

We present a retospective study of ocular trauma related to pellet gun s. During 5 years, 160 such patients were seen in our mergency unit. 8 0 % of cases were men, and range age was 28 years. Ocular trauma circu mstances was a fight in 85 %. Ocular trauma was unilateral in 109 pati ents, and bilateral in 51 patients. We observed a complete desorganisa tion of the eye in 8 eyes, intraocular foreign bodies in 71 eyes, intr aorbital foreign bodies without ocular lacerations in 23 eyes, and blu nt trauma in 108 eyes. Final vision is poor or absent in 31 eyes.