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Table 5 Types of paediatric corneoscleral injuries presenting at UPTH

From: Pattern of paediatric corneal laceration injuries in the University of port Harcourt teaching hospital, Rivers state, Nigeria

Type of laceration

Freq%

Corneal injury alone

9 (25.0)

Corneal injury + uveal prolapse

16 (44.4)

Limbal involvement alone

1 (2.8)

Limbal involvement in addition

20 (58.3)

Scleral laceration alone

1 (2.8)

Corneoscleral laceration + complications

9 (25.0)

- lid laceration---1 case

-Cataract---4 cases

-posterior segment(Vitreous haemorrhage, retinal detachment, endophthalmitis---4 cases.