Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Chinyere Nnenne Pedro-Egbe, Chibuike Sydney Ejimadu, Henrietta NwachukwuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, NigeriaBackground: Eye injuries and subsequent loss of vision from the glass and caps of exploding pressurized bottled drinks have been w...

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Autores principales:	Pedro-Egbe CN, Ejimadu CS, Nwachukwu H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bddd10118da7406d8810cfc2046f66bb2021-12-02T03:16:01ZOcular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/bddd10118da7406d8810cfc2046f66bb2011-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/ocular-injuries-from-exploding-glass-bottled-coca-colareg-drinks-in-po-a7488https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Chinyere Nnenne Pedro-Egbe, Chibuike Sydney Ejimadu, Henrietta NwachukwuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, NigeriaBackground: Eye injuries and subsequent loss of vision from the glass and caps of exploding pressurized bottled drinks have been well reported, and as a result most developed countries now use mainly plastic bottles. In Nigeria, however, most drinks are still sold in glass bottles and ocular injuries from this source are therefore not uncommon.Aim: To retrospectively analyze ocular injuries resulting from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; and propose ways of eliminating such injuries in future.Setting: Eye Clinic, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.Materials and methods: The medical records of all cases of ocular injury that presented at the Eye Clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital over a 5-year period (January 2006 to December 2010) were retrieved and relevant data including age, sex, occupation, events surrounding bottle explosion, and type of ocular injury sustained were extracted.Results: A total of 426 cases of ocular injuries was seen during the period under review. There were 335 (78.6%) males and 91 (21.4%) females. Six patients had ocular injury from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg;, giving an incidence of 1.4%. The presenting visual acuities (VA) were light perception (2 cases), counting fingers (2 cases), and 1 VA of 6/24 and 1 VA of 6/12. There were 4 (66.7%) cases of corneoscleral laceration with uveal prolapse and 1 case of total hyphema.Conclusion: Because pressurized glass-bottles can explode with normal handling, legislation to ban the use of glass containers for bottling carbonated drinks will go a long way to reducing ocular morbidity from this source. Plastic bottles should be introduced as an alternative.Keywords: ocular injuries, exploding glass-bottled drinkPedro-Egbe CNEjimadu CSNwachukwu HDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 651-654 (2011)
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description	Chinyere Nnenne Pedro-Egbe, Chibuike Sydney Ejimadu, Henrietta NwachukwuDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, NigeriaBackground: Eye injuries and subsequent loss of vision from the glass and caps of exploding pressurized bottled drinks have been well reported, and as a result most developed countries now use mainly plastic bottles. In Nigeria, however, most drinks are still sold in glass bottles and ocular injuries from this source are therefore not uncommon.Aim: To retrospectively analyze ocular injuries resulting from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; and propose ways of eliminating such injuries in future.Setting: Eye Clinic, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.Materials and methods: The medical records of all cases of ocular injury that presented at the Eye Clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital over a 5-year period (January 2006 to December 2010) were retrieved and relevant data including age, sex, occupation, events surrounding bottle explosion, and type of ocular injury sustained were extracted.Results: A total of 426 cases of ocular injuries was seen during the period under review. There were 335 (78.6%) males and 91 (21.4%) females. Six patients had ocular injury from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg;, giving an incidence of 1.4%. The presenting visual acuities (VA) were light perception (2 cases), counting fingers (2 cases), and 1 VA of 6/24 and 1 VA of 6/12. There were 4 (66.7%) cases of corneoscleral laceration with uveal prolapse and 1 case of total hyphema.Conclusion: Because pressurized glass-bottles can explode with normal handling, legislation to ban the use of glass containers for bottling carbonated drinks will go a long way to reducing ocular morbidity from this source. Plastic bottles should be introduced as an alternative.Keywords: ocular injuries, exploding glass-bottled drink
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title	Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
title_short	Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
title_full	Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
title_fullStr	Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
title_sort	ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled coca-cola&reg; drinks in port harcourt, nigeria
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publishDate	2011
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Ocular injuries from exploding glass-bottled Coca-Cola&amp;reg; drinks in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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