Introduction
Millions of injuries occur worldwide as a result of road traffic accidents, making them the primary cause of death in adolescents and adults across the world. 1 Motorcycle-related accidents, in particular, pose a significantly higher risk of injury than other types of road traffic accidents. 2 According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2.5 million eye injuries are reported/occur in the USA annually, with 50,000 individuals experiencing either partial or complete loss of vision. 3 While eye injuries that results in vision loss can occur as a result of motorcycle crashes, only a relatively small proportion of eye injuries are reported in the statistics of motorcycle crashes. 4 A strong emphasis the consistent use of appropriate eye protection by motorcyclists and their passengers whenever they ride their bikes emanates from this recognition. 5 Recent data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States indicates a 10.5% rise in such incidents in 2021 compared to 2020. 6 The problem of motorcycle injuries and fatalities has a greater impact on individuals from lower and middle socioeconomic classes, primarily due to motorcycles being a common mode of transportation in developing countries and to a lesser extent in developed nations. 7 , 8
The lack of strict enforcement of licensing regulations has created opportunities for individuals to obtain licenses without undergoing required eye tests or demonstrating riding proficiency. 9 , 10 Consequently, many motorcycle riders are unfamiliar with the rules and regulations outlined in the Highway Code in Iraq. 11 This has led to a high occurrence of accidents involving motor vehicles and motorcyclists, collisions between motorcyclists and pedestrians, and even among motorcyclists themselves. Intraocular injuries can be categorized into two types: closed globe injuries, which involve partial-thickness wounds in the wall of the eyeball 12 and can be further classified as contusions or lamellar lacerations, 13 and open globe injuries, which involve full-thickness wounds in the eyeball wall, such as ruptures caused by blunt trauma, 12 lacerations, penetrating or perforating injuries, or injuries involving intraocular foreign bodies resulting from sharp forces. 14 Adnexal injuries, on the other hand, pertain to injuries affecting the eyelid and/or conjunctiva. 15
Although ocular trauma imposes a substantial burden on ophthalmic services, constituting 38-52% of all new patients seeking emergency care at hospitals due to accidents. 15 – 17
Enock et al. conducted a study involving 56 eyes with ocular injuries, and it was found that none of the patients were wearing helmets at the time of the injury. 18 Published literature regarding motorcycle-related ocular trauma is sparse in Iraq. Understanding the characteristics of motorcycle-related ocular trauma would be significant in designing appropriate intervention strategies that prioritize the most prevalent nature of ocular trauma. This study assessed and characterized ocular trauma among motorcycle crash injuries that were presented to several University Teaching hospitals and forensic centers located in Baghdad and Al-Qadisiyah from 2019 to 2023.
Methods
Study design
This study presented motorcycle accident injuries patients to the Emergency Department from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2023. After admission, patients were screened to identify the motorcycle injuries that presented ocular trauma; for those identified to have ocular trauma, written consent was sought and obtained from the patients to participate in the study. Information was obtained from the injured patients, whether they were stable enough or from those who accompanied them for care. Written consent was obtained from the patients if they were over 18 years old or from their caregivers after providing an adequate explanation of the aims and methods of the study. Further information was gathered on the age, sex, laterality, type of ocular injury, ocular findings, lesion severity, and visual acuity. The information regarding ocular injuries was classified and recorded according to the International Ocular Trauma Classification. 19 Previous studies have used this classification and scoring method to classify ocular traumas according to visual acuity, pupillary light response, zone, and type of injury.
Study settings
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Iraq’s healthcare system has 2,652 facilities, of which 61 are teaching hospitals. This study was conducted in two governorates (Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and Al-Qadisiyah), a total of three teaching hospitals: Ibn Al-Haitham Teaching Hospital (in Baghdad), Al-Nauman Teaching Hospital (in Baghdad), and Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital (in Al-Diwaniyah), and the three forensic centers associated with these hospitals. Patients were interviewed initially in the emergency department; if the ocular trauma related to motorcycle injuries were confirmed, the patient would be transferred to the ophthalmology department when the patient was managed and interviewed for the study.
Ibn Al-Haitham Teaching Hospital is Iraq’s primary and largest ophthalmology hospital. This hospital only receives patients with ophthalmological conditions. It has a large inpatient capacity (200 beds) and many operating rooms (16 Operating Rooms) for various ophthalmic procedures. Al-Nauman Teaching Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Baghdad, and it contains various departments, including emergency and ophthalmology departments. Finally, Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital is the largest teaching hospital in the Al-Diwaniyah governorate, with large emergency and ophthalmology departments.
Participants
Inclusion criteria
Patients of all ages and both sexes are presented with ocular injuries during motorcycle accidents.
Exclusion criteria
Patients who refused to participate in the study.
Ethical approval
This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee at Al-Qadisiyah University, College of Medicine. (Approval no.: 25/285, on 22 nd of May 2019).
Sample size estimation
Sample size estimation was based on the following equation:
Where n is the minimum sample size, p is the prevalence of ocular trauma was 13.5% based on a previous study 20 among patients admitted to the trauma unit. The Z represents the Z-score at 95 % confidence interval, and it equals 1.96, d represents the marginal error 21 to be 0.04. Thus, the minimum sample size was estimated to be approximately 280.
Statistical analysis
Descriptive statistics were used that included frequency and percentage; GraphPad Prism version 10 was used for the analysis.
Results
During the four years of the study, 6,243 patients presented with motorcycle injuries in the three Teaching hospitals and their forensic centers. Of those (5.37%), 335 patients were identified to have ocular trauma from the road crash. Table 1 presents the characteristics of motorcycle crash cases with ocular trauma. The ages of those with ocular trauma ranged from 10 to 67 years old, with a mean age of 27.84 ± 9.6 years. Most of them were 324 (96.7%) males, with a male-to-female ratio of 29 to 1, and there were only 11 females as passengers; 39 (11.6%) had injuries in both eyes, as shown in Table 1.
Table 1.
Characteristics of enrolled patients.
Characteristic | N (%) |
---|---|
Number of cases | 335 |
Age | |
<18 year | 121 (36.1%) |
18-50 years | 142 (42.4%) |
>50 years | 72 (21.5%) |
Sex | |
Male | 324 (96.7%) |
Female * | 11 (3.3%) |
Eye involved | |
One eye | 296 (88.4%) |
Both eyes | 39 (11.6%) |
*
The involvement of females was as passengers.
Regarding the type of eye lesions during their presentation, there were 60.9% of patients with lid laceration ± sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, 22.1% with corneoscleral injury, 17.9% with commotio retinae and it was the leading cause of decreased visual acuity, 9% with lens capsule damage ± iris prolapse, and 8.1% with ruptured capsule, as shown in Table 2.
Table 2.
The categorization of patients according to type of presenting eye lesion.
Presenting lesion * | N (%) |
---|---|
Lid laceration ± subconjunctival hemorrhage | 204 (60.9%) |
Hyphema | 90 (26.9%) |
Cornea ± scleral wound | 74 (22.1%) |
Commotio retinae | 60 (17.9%) |
Lens capsule damage ± iris prolapse | 30 (9.0%) |
Rupture globe | 27 (8.1%) |
Diplopia (blunt trauma) | 17 (5.1%) |
Blowout fracture | 13 (3.9%) |
*
This grouping concentrates on the presenting and most severe injury.
After applying the International Ocular Trauma Classification system, 55.82% of patients had a mild injury, 27.16% had a moderate injury and 17.01% had a severe injury, as shown in Table 3.
Table 3.
Severity of lesion.
Severity | No (%) |
---|---|
Mild | 187 (55.82%) |
Moderate | 91 (27.16%) |
Severe | 57 (17.01%) |
The visual acuity of the participants ranged from 6/6 to no light perception, 59.1% of patients had visual acuity better than 6/18, 29.0% from 6/18 to 6/60, 8.1% from 6/60 to counting fingers, and 3.9% with no light perception, as shown in Table 4.
Table 4.
Visual acuity assessment.
Snellen visual acuity | N (%) |
---|---|
Better than 6/18 | 198 (59.1%) |
Between 6/18-6/60 | 97 (29.0%) |
6/60-CF | 27 (8.1%) |
Non-seeing eye | 13 (3.9%) |
Discussion
Ocular injuries resulting from motorcycle accidents can range from mild to severe and can have lasting effects on vision; motorcycle accidents often expose riders to various types of impact debris and forces that can directly or indirectly lead to ocular injuries. 4 The finding of this study indicates that of the motorcycle crash injuries that were presented to the health facilities, 335 (5.37%) had ocular injuries. Previous studies reported results that were higher than those reported by the current study; the annual incidence of hospital admission for ocular injuries was 8.1% in the United States, 22 12.6% in Scotland, 23 13.2% in Singapore, 24 and 15.2 in Sweden. 25 The findings on age and sex distribution is in agreement with the results presented in earlier studies, in Larona and Pe-Yan (2012), which reported in their that examined 34 cases of motorcycle ocular injuries and reported a mean of 27.1 years, and 88.2% of their study sample was composed of males. 26 Hsieh et al. (2017) reported that 6,072 were admitted due to motorcycle injuries, 994 (16.4%) of them were ≥ 65 years, and 5078 (83.6%) were aged between 20-64 years; however, females formed 41.9% of the elderly and 42.9% of adults. 27 These findings offer a much higher rate of injury in females; the lower rate of females injured in the current study could be attributed to cultural hindrances posed by society, which limit females as the primary drivers of vehicles. Social/cultural factors play a significant role in the age and sex distribution of motorcycle riders, as in Taiwan it is very common for females to ride bikes, 28 and in another study done by the same author, female riders formed 42.01% of the study sample and were younger, passengers more than riders, used helmets more than males, and had different injury characteristics and lower in-hospital mortality in comparison to males. 28
In the current study, patient injuries included lid lacerations and sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, corneoscleral injury, commotio retinae, lens capsule damage ± iris prolapse, ruptured capsule, and orbital blowout fractures. Soft tissue injuries were the most prevalent probably because of the very limited use of helmets in our country. None of the current studies reported using helmets regularly, Arif et al. (2019) reported that although facial soft tissue injuries occur in helmeted riders, it occurs far more in non-helmeted ones. 29 To the best of our knowledge, no study directly reported open globe injury due to motorcycle injury, rather aggregated road traffic accidents cases, Upaphong et al. (2021) reported that motorcycle injuries constituted 56.3% of patients aged <20 years, 25% (age 20-39 years), 15% (aged 40-59 years), and 20% (age >60 years), and in all patients, hyphema were seen in 55.4%, lens injuries (52.5%), and uveal prolapse (55.4%). 20 In a review done by Kim et al. (2022) it was reported that blowout fractures were the third observed mechanism for orbital fractures, 31 Also other studies reported that motorcycle accidents were the leading cause of orbital/facial fractures. 32 , 33
Direct contact between the eye and a chemical ( e.g., gasoline), or even chemical fumes, can cause burns. 34 Sources of radiation, such as bright ultra violet (UV) headlights, can also cause a flash burn. 35 Other drivers may be injured because of their reckless driving and collision with other cars and heavy objects on the side road. 36 Driving under the influence of alcohol can lead to accidents, which not only affects the driver but also the passengers and other people on the road. 37
Limitations of the study
Since only two governates out of 18 limit the conclusion, at the same time, it gives us an initial assessment of the seriousness of the ocular injuries, a national study that involves most of the country is necessary.
Conclusion
In summary, the analysis of eye injuries associated with motorcycle accidents highlights a significant concern primarily affecting young males. The outcomes of these incidents can be particularly severe, at times resulting in permanent blindness. Policymakers, traffic safety authorities, and healthcare professionals must address this issue with targeted interventions and awareness campaigns. By emphasizing the importance of proper protective gear, safe riding practices, and education, we can work towards reducing the occurrence of such injuries and minimizing their life-altering consequences. Furthermore, fostering a culture of responsible riding and enhancing road infrastructure can contribute to safer roads for all, ultimately preventing these devastating eye injuries and their far-reaching impacts on individuals and society as a whole.
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Abstract
Background
Motorcycle accidents can be particularly hazardous, as riders are exposed to various risk factors, such as high speeds, lack of protective enclosures, and limited safety features.
Aim of the study
To describe the ocular injuries associated with motorcycled accidents presented to tertiary hospitals and forensic centers in Iraq.
Patients and methods
The study was conducted in three Teaching hospitals and forensic centers in Baghdad and Al-Qadisiyah in Iraq. Information regarding ocular injuries, recorded and classified according to the International Ocular Trauma Classification, was gathered from motorcycle crash injuries that were presented to the emergency departments of these facilities from June 1, 2019, to June 1, 2023
Results
The study involved 335 ophthalmological accidents; the mean age of the patients was 27.84± 9.6 years, most of them were males (96.7%), and there were only 11 females as passengers, 39 (11.6%) had injuries in both eyes. Lesions involving the periorbita, lids, and conjunctiva comprised most of the findings. There were 60.9% of patients with lid lacerations with or without sub-conjunctival bleeding, 22.1% with corneoscleral injury, and 17.9% with commotio retinae. It was the leading cause of decreased visual acuity, with 9% having lens capsule damage with or without iris prolapse and 8.1% having a ruptured capsule, 55.82% of patients had a mild injury, 27.16% had a moderate injury, and 17.01% had a severe injury.
Conclusion
Eye injury associated with motorcycle accidents mainly affects males in their youth age and has serious outcomes, sometimes ending with blindness.
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1 College of medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq
2 College of Medicine, Al Iraqia University, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
3 Opthalmology Department, Al-Noaman Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
4 Department of Pharmacy, Al-Mustafa University College, Baghdad, Iraq