Ocular Trauma Caused by Confetti Cannons.
Most injuries occurred in bystanders near a confetti cannon operated by someone else.
Ocular Trauma Caused by Confetti Cannons.
Eye trauma is an unfortunate and often preventable cause of vision loss.
To describe outcomes of ocular trauma caused by confetti cannons and to increase recognition of their ocular risks.
A retrospective analysis was conducted of eye injuries caused by confetti cannons presenting to a single medical center between 2016 and 2020.
Overall, six consecutive patients (2 males, mean age 19.5 ± 9.74 years) were identified and studied.
Most common eye injuries included corneal erosion (n=4), traumatic hyphema (n=4), and retinal edema (n=3).
Mean initial logMAR visual acuity in the injured eye was 0.73 ± 0.18, improving to 0.25 ± 0.16 at the final visit (P = 0.125).
Two patients underwent eye surgery due to their trauma: one to repair globe penetration and another to undergo intravitreal injection of tissue plasminogen activator and C3F8 for submacular hemorrhage, followed 8 months later by intravitreal bevacizumab injection for choroidal neovascularization.
Confetti cannons pose hazards that can cause severe ocular trauma resulting in permanent vision loss. Increasing awareness of device hazards is necessary to prevent eye injuries.