[Eye injuries caused by eyeglass lenses].

Among a group of 452 patients treated for eye injuries between 1979 and 1983, there were 66 with injuries due to broken spectacle lenses. These accidents accounted for 7.1% of all penetrating lacerations and 18.2% of all superficial ones. The trend in the period reviewed was toward an increase in such injuries. Altogether, 86.3% of the accidents occurred during free time, with most of the patients being male and between 11 and 30 years of age. The number of injured children is very low. The number of patients with lid lacerations was equivalent to 40.9%, the same as for injuries to the cornea. Most of the patients wore concave lenses, of which 48.5% were shattered by hitting or being hit by another object, and 36.4% by the patient falling.