Evaluation of Ultrasound Efficiency in Diagnosing Traumatized Eyes in Sudan

Abstract

Trauma affect the eye in various ways, according to the type and degree of trauma which may lead to completely loss of vision for its direct effect on lens ,retina and vitreous .Therefore the general objective of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound efficiency in diagnosing traumatized eyes. This is a prospective study conducted to evaluate the effects of trauma on eye , where 53 traumatized eye patients visited trauma clinic in makkah hospital for eye in Khartoum and all undergone ultrasound imaging by B-scan machine with high frequency sector transducer(10 MHrz) . The result of this study showed that the right eye is sustained to trauma more than the left but in closely ratio(54.7% to 45.3%) ,also the ratio is close between the blunt(50.9%) and penetrating trauma(47.2%), but there is a big difference between these two types and postsurgical trauma(1.9%) , this big difference might be due to lack of data as a result of poor management. In relation to gender the study found that males are sustained penetrating trauma (51.1%) whereas females experience blunt trauma (60%). Causative factors varied from sharp objects to solid objects , which lead to variations in the effect :retinal detachment ,cataract, corneal opacity , detach and vitreous hemorrhage and endophthalmitis. The effects result from eye trauma diagnosed easily and perfectly by B-scan ultrasonography ,and all the patients undergone their investigation with closed eyes , which emphasized that B-scan is effective in diagnosis of traumatized eyes.