Introduction

Road traffic accidents account for a major proportion of people suffering all over the world. Ocular, Ear, head and nasal injuries contribute to a major part of trauma in road traffic accidents. Trauma to eyes can cause several types of eye injuries involving eyelids, lacrimal canaliculi, orbital wall, periorbital structures, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera, extraocular muscles resulting in even permanent visual impairment in some cases creating enormous effects both to the victim and to the society. Nasal bleed, nasal bone fractures, jaw injuries, ear lobe lacerations, traumatic perforations, temporal bone fractures, cut throat injuries, laryngeal injuries etc. are also very common findings seen in Road traffic accident cases leading to permanent hearing impairment, cosmetic disfigurement or in worse cases even death. This study is performed to evaluate the pattern of different types of ocular and ENT injuries in road traffic accidents.

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Dr Rohini Choudhary