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Traumatic Endophthalmitis

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Mechanical Ocular Trauma

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Ocular trauma is one of the major causes of ocular morbidity and one of the leading causes of monocular vision loss. Over two million eye injuries are estimated to occur in the USA each year [1]. Post-traumatic infectious endophthalmitis is a particularly devastating complication of open-globe injury. Endophthalmitis is reported in 3.4 % of open-globe injuries [2]. Post-traumatic endophthalmitis should be analyzed separately because the pathogens that cause this condition are different from those in other types of endophthalmitis [3, 4]. To evaluate and establish a common language, a standardized classification of ocular trauma is a necessity, and the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System satisfied the need being accepted by many authors [5–7].

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