Etiology of pediatric perforating XXXX in southern Turkey.

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In the present study, the records of 242 @entity1 , aged 1-14 years, admitted with perforating @entity4858 were reviewed retrospectively over a 5-year period. There were 175 @entity1 and 67 @entity1 in the study group. The @entity1 were divided into 3 groups according to their ages. Perforating injuries occurred most frequently in the street in all groups. The second most common place of the injury was at home in the 1-9 year-olds and in the fields in the 10-14 year-olds. The cause of the perforation was a metallic substance in 32.6%, wood in 15.3%, stone in 12.0%, glass in 12.3%, pellets in 12%, and injection needles in 8.3%. Most of the perforations occurred during unsupervised play, while all perforations with glass occurred during traffic accidents. Surgery was performed in 234 @entity1 , while 8 @entity1 in whom spontaneous closure had already occurred during admission received only medical treatment. In 28.9% the visual acuity was undetermined, in 25.7% the visual acuity was 0.1 or more, in 22.7% the visual acuity was between 0.06 and light perception, and in 22.7% there was no light perception on final evaluation. It is emphasized that educative and legislative measures such as informing the parents, teachers and @entity1 about the causative factors and potential hazards of perforating @entity4858 and restricting the availability of dangerous items to @entity1 , should be taken into consideration in order to prevent perforating @entity4858 in @entity1 .
