RT Journal
A1 Alphonse VD, Kemper AR, Duma SM
T1 EXposure to fireworks and eye injuries—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD October 17
VO 308
IS 15
SP 1523
OP 1524
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.11907
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.11907
AB 
In Reply: We agree with Drs Rao and Dlouhy that fireworks do cause many serious eye injuries, especially among youth. Based on their comments, there appears to be a misunderstanding of what was done in our study. Previous research has shown that projectiles can cause serious eye injuries due to considerable deformation, penetration, or perforation of the eye.1- 3 Our experiments were designed to evaluate overpressure (ie, pressure wave) from a firework explosion as a potential eye injury mechanism.