Table 1
Ocular alkali burns
| Patient number | Age | Sex | Cause of injury | Time to irrigation | Initial VA | RHG conjunctiva | RHG cornea | AC activity | Facial burns | Steroids (days) | Vitamin C (days) | Postop vitamin C (days) | Combined steroids/ vitamin C |
Final VA | Complications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | No | 205 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 6//18 | Mild epiphora |
| 2 | 51 | M | Assault | 9 hours | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | No | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | Pthisical eye | Alcoholic |
| 3 | 33 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | 17 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 6//9 | Central SPK |
| 4 | 42 | M | Assault | 48 hours | HM | 4 | 4 | 3 | No | 58 | 52 | 35 | 52 | CF | Central tarrsorhaphy |
| 5 | 72 | M | Domestic | unknown | 6//60 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Yes | 177 | 78 | 78 | 78 | evisceration | Corneal melting |
| 6 | 29 | M | Assault | 20 hours | 6//24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6//6 | None |
| 7 | 63 | M | Assault | 2.5 hours | CF | 3 | 2 | 0 | No | 49 | 45 | 17 | 45 | 6//24 amblyope | None |
| 8 | 70 | M | Assault | 4.5 hours | 6//24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | No | 23 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 6//12 | PSCO |
| 9 | 56 | M | Assault | 4 days | CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | No | 61 | 49 | 28 | 61 | 6//12 | Conj flap |
| 10 | 30 | M | Assault | 48 hours | 6//6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6//6 | Absconded |
| 11 | 35 | M | Assault | 2 minutes | 6//18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 6//6 | None |
| 12 | 52 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6//5 | None |
| 13 | 19 | M | Assault | 45 minutes | 6//9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 16 | 30 | 7 | 30 | 6//5 | Corneal opacity |
| 14 | 21 | M | Assault | 2.5 hours | 6//6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6//5 | None |
| 15 | 38 | M | Assault | 24 hours | 6//9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | 19 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6//6 | Corneal opacity |
| 16 | 39 | F | Domestic | unknown | 6//9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | 22 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 6//6 | None |
| 17 | 60 | M | Work related | 24 hours | CF | 0 | 2 | 0 | No | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 6//24 | Corneal nebulae |
| 18 | 16 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 18 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 6//9 | None |
| 19 | 67 | F | Domestic | unknown | 6//9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 39 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6//9 | Entropion |
| 20 | 56 | M | Assault | 10 days | 6//36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 74 | 37 | 14 | 37 | 6//6 | None |
| 21 | 18 | M | Assualt | unknown | 6//9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6//9 | None |
| 22 | 24 | M | Assault | 2 hours | 6//12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | No | 24 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 6//5 | Corneal nebulae |
| 23 | 40 | M | Assault | 3 hours | 6//9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 19 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6//6 | None |
| 24 | 45 | M | Assault | 3.5 hours | 6//9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | No | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6//9 | None |
| 25 | 21 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 6//5 | None |
| 26 | 37 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No | 24 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 6//4 | None |
| 27 | 17 | M | Assault | 30 minutes | 6//9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6//6 | None |
| 28 | 32 | M | Assault | unknown | 6//9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No | 28 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 6//5 | None |
| 29 | 31 | M | Assault | 2 hours | 6//6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6//6 | None |
| 30 | 65 | F | Unknown | unknown | 6//24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | No | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6//12 | None |
