عوارض چشمي ديررس گاز خردل در 500 نفر از مجروحين شيميايي جنگ تحميلي

Delayed Ocular Complications ofMustard Gas on 500 Veterans

gas in warfare pati ent s, this s tudy was perform ed to evaluate the late complications of eye. Materials & Methods: In this descripti ve study, 500 male patients (aged between 35 and 55), whose mustard gas injured period is more than 15 years were se lec ted by non probability sampling. The pati ents were examined by an ophthalmolog ist. The complica tio ns were divided in 3 grades, mild , moderate and seve re . Th e data were anal yzed by x2 and spea rman correlation coe ffic ient. Results: Out of 500 warfare patients, 48% aged 35-40, 82.2% onc e injured with mustard gas , 12.2% twic e injured with mustard gas , 1.8% three time s injured with mustard gas and 3.8% more then 3 times injured with mustard gas. Th e degrees of co mplications: 80% mild Eye Complications, 13.2% moderate Eye Complications and 6.8% sever Eye Complications. There were significant relationships between Eye Complications degrees with using the drugs, the times of injury and the times of hospitalization (p