MANAGEMENT OF MAGNETIC INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY

Management of Penetrating Injuries with a Retained Intraocular Foreign Body

Iraq-Iran War-related Intraocular Foreign Body Injuries in Veterans

According to military documents, the incidence of ocular injuries significantly increases. Intraocular foreign body (IOFB) is one of the ocular damages that seriously threats vision. Many ocular injuries occurred in a war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988. The aim of the present study was to review ocular damages made by IOFB in this war, different methods of treatment and their prognosis.

Overlooked retained intraocular foreign body.

INTRODUCTION The most common cause for litigation against ophthalmologists in a trauma case is a missed intraocular foreign body (IOFB). IOFBs cause internal eye damage, but some will come to rest in the posterior segment of the eye. CASE REPORT We presented a 57-year-old male who was referred to the ophthalmologist due to decreased visual acuity in his left eye. Slit lamp examination of his ...

Alternative method of intraocular foreign-body localization.

Anteroposterior (AP) and lateral films are obtained simultaneously, and superimposed on them is the shadow of a pair of cross wires representing the center of the pupil in the AP projection and the front surface of the cornea in the lateral projection . This is achieved by the use of a frame on which are mounted three sighting devices. Each sight is like a simple gunsight with two sets of cross...

Unusual case of intraocular foreign body.

A patient who recently came under my care had been struck in the right eye by a foreign body whilst hammering a piece of steel with hammer and cold chisel. A diagnosis of intra-ocular foreign body was made, there being a small entrance wound in the centre of the cornea and an opaque lens. This diagnosis was confirmed by x ray. The foreign body, measuring about 3j x 1 x 1 mm. was located in the ...