The Paediatric Penetrating Ocular Trauma Score: 5–50 raw points are assigned to each parameter and added up to define five prognostic groups: Group 1 (≤45 points), Group 2 (46–64 points), Group 3 (65–79 points), Group 4 (80–89 points) and Group 5 (90–100 points)
| Variables | Raw points |
|---|---|
| Initial visual acuity | |
| NLP | 10 |
| LP/HM | 20 |
| CF | 30 |
| 0.1–0.5 | 40 |
| 0.6–1.0 | 50 |
| Age | |
| 0–5 | 10 |
| 6–10 | 15 |
| 11–15 | 25 |
| Wound location | |
| Zone I | 25 |
| Zone II | 15 |
| Zone III | 10 |
| Concomitant eye pathologies | |
| Iris prolapse | −5 |
| Hyphaema | −5 |
| Organic/unclean injury | −5 |
| Delay of surgery >48 h | −5 |
| Traumatic cataract | −10 |
| Vitreous haemorrhage | −20 |
| Retinal detachment | −20 |
| Endophthalmitis | −30 |
0.1≙20/200; 0.5≙20/40; 0.6≙20/33; 1.0≙20/20.
CF, counting fingers; HM, hand movements; LP, light perception; NLP, no light perception.