Ocular Injuries and Diseases at a Combat Support Hospital in Support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm

• A retrospective review of all emergency department visits to a combat support hospital (one of four combining to support 150 000 troops) during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was conducted, and all medical records of patients with ocular complaints were analyzed. Ocular injury and/or disease accounted for 14% (108/767) of these visits to the emergency department. Of 108 patients with ocular complaints, corneal foreign bodies (18),...