Role of Sonography in Ocular Trauma: A Study

Hence, trauma to the eye has a very different dimension. Apart from the physical, it has profound impact on the mental, socioeconomic, & spiritual aspects of a person. Moreover it involves mainly the younger age group which makes a great loss to the society. Man’s quest for understanding the effect of trauma to the eye, it’s mechanism isms pathology, consequences and complications to predict the outcome has made him run through different lanes of experiments. B-scan Ultrasonography stand out as one of the most powerful tools for it's understanding. Posttraumatic opacifications of the media often makes the optical examination difficult for the treating surgeon. Moreover the patient is in agony & hence is unable often to open there for proper examination. Ultrasonography being a nonoptical, non invasive technique is a valuable tool in such cases. With the ascent of civilization, the ocular injuries are on the rise. Industry or battlefield, ocular trauma keeps maintained a disturbing percentage.