Table 1 Eye injury types and zones caused by explosion (total of 1449 eyes)* [n(%)]
Injury types | No. of eyes | Zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | ||
MEI | 1362 (94.00) | 475 (34.88) | 313 (22.98) | 574 (42.14) |
 OGI | 716 (52.57) | 363 (50.70) | 196 (27.37) | 157 (21.93) |
  Rupture | 206 (28.77) | 64 (31.07) | 52 (25.24) | 90 (43.69) |
  Penetration | 91 (12.71) | 63 (69.23) | 22 (24.18) | 6 (6.59) |
  IOFB | 395 (55.17) | 236 (59.75) | 120 (30.38) | 39 (9.87) |
  Perforation | 17 (2.37) | 0 | 2 (11.76) | 15 (88.24) |
  Open globe mixture | 7 (0.98) | 0 | 0 | 7 (100.00) |
 CGI | 646 (47.43) | 112 (17.34) | 117 (18.11) | 417 (64.55) |
  Contusion | 389 (60.22) | 6 (1.54) | 90 (23.14) | 293 (75.32) |
  Lamellar laceration | 3 (0.46) | 3 (100.00) | 0 | 0 |
  Superficial foreign body | 90 (13.93) | 90 (100.00) | 0 | 0 |
  Close globe mixture | 164 (25.39) | 13 (7.93) | 27 (16.46) | 124 (75.61) |
NMEI | 144 (9.94)a | - | - | - |
 Thermal burn | 95 (65.97)b | - | - | - |
 Alkali burn | 23 (15.97)c | - | - | - |
 Acid burn | 26 (18.06)d | - | - | - |