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Paintball-Related Ocular Injuries

JAMA Ophthalmology 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2026.4951

November 05, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study analyzes national trends in paintball-related ocular injuries seen at US emergency departments from 2005 to 2025 overall and by age and sex.

Editor in Chief Neil M. Bressler, MD, selected this as a highlight.

Corresponding Author: Marko M. Popovic, MD, MPH, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON M5N 1W8, Canada (marko.popovic@mail.utoronto.ca).

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