Abstract: Objective  To summarize the epidemiology, causes, prognosis and the prevention methods of inpatients with open-globe injuries in Taizhou Eye Hospital, a middle first-class hospital in Zhejiang Province. Design Retrospective case series. Participants  One thousand and twenty-two inpatients (1022 eyes) with open-globe injuries from June 2006 to June 2011 in Taizhou miniciple Hospital. Method The medical records were retrospectively analysed to summarize the causes, locations, types, and prognosis of the injuries. Main Outcome Measures Essential information, visual acuity，causes and types of the trauma. Results The main population of the injuries was in the male migrant workers aging 21 to 50 years old, accounted for 69.8%. 90% trauma position were in the area I (cornea) and Ⅱ (within the 5 mm outer of limbal ). “industrial production” was main course of open-globe injuries, accounted for 71.6%. The effects of the treatment of ocular trauma were related to the trauma position． Intraocular foreign bodies and vitreous and retina injuries were related to intraocular infection. Conclusion The retrospective analysis of open-globe injuries shows  a certain place of getting it’s basic characteristics, prognosis and guiding clinical treatment.

Key words: open-globe injuries, retrospective analysis