PENETRATING WOUNDS OF THE ORBIT

Penetrating War Wounds of the Eye and Orbit.

FROM Sicily into Italy and onwards during many months as the terrain and nature of the fighting changed so to some extent has the type of wound and the surgical problem involved, although fairly constant throughout. Types of wound.-Military ophthalmic surgery is at present chiefly concerned with penetrating wounds due to high velocity fragment missiles resulting from high explosive action, the ...

A Rare Penetrating Trauma of Both Orbit and Nasal Cavity

Introduction: Diagnosis of orbital foreign body (FB) penetration is usually obvious when part of the FB is still attached at the entry wound (1). However, the depth and course of the FB in this case was not visible.   Case Report: A 5-year old female presented with a pencil penetrating the left orbit. A computed tomography (CT) scan showed that the pencil penetrated the left orbit (extraseptal)...

Penetrating wounds of the heart.

Penetrating Wounds of the Chest.

The immediate effects depend on the size, shape, type, velocity and track of the missile. A high velocity rifle or machine-gun bullet entering the chest through an intercostal space and making its way out through a posterior space may occasion, apart from the initial shock, little disability and with luck no complications. A small more slowly moving vulnerant may produce a punctured wound such ...

Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen