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Table 4 Age Distribution of Ocular Injury (Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology System)

From: Current pattern of ocular trauma as seen in tertiary institutions in south-eastern Nigeria

 

Age Groups

0–19 years

20–39 years

40–59 years

≥60 years

Contusion

 BETTS Class

17

20

12

2

 Lamellar laceration

3

5

0

0

 Penetrating

7

1

3

1

 Perforating

0

3

0

0

 Rupture

0

2

1

1

 Superficial Foreign Bodya

1

1

1

0

 Intraocular Foreign Body

0

2

1

0

 Chemical/Burnsa

0

2

0

1

 Total

28

36

18

5

  1. aNot a component of BETTS classification