ocular injuries caused by bb gun

Ocular injuries caused by elastic cords.

Five patients with ocular trauma due to elastic cords with attached metal or plastic hooks were evaluated over a 13-month period. Injuries included hyphema, angle recession, lens subluxation, choroidal rupture, vitreous hemorrhage, retinal detachment, and scleral rupture. Two patients suffered penetrating ocular injuries, and three patients had final visual acuities of 20/200 or less. This seri...

Ocular injuries caused by airsoft guns - ten-year experience.

INTRODUCTION The study describes ocular injuries caused by airsoft guns pellets, type of these injuries and their incidence in different age groups. METHODS This is a retrospective review of medical charts of patients who were hospitalized due to airsoft guns ocular injuries in ten-year period (from 2000 to 2009). Patient's age, gender, duration of hospitalization, type of treatment and initi...

Trends in BB/pellet gun injuries in children and teenagers in the United States, 1985-99.

OBJECTIVE To characterize national trends in non-fatal BB/pellet gun related injury rates for persons aged 19 years or younger in relation to trends in non-fatal and fatal firearm related injury rates and discuss these trends in light of injury prevention and violence prevention efforts. SETTING The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) includes approximately 100 hospitals wi...

Ocular Toxicity Caused by Euphorbia Sap: A Case Report

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[Multiple penetrating brain injuries caused by a nail gun: a case report].

Multiple and self-inflicted penetrating brain injuries (PBI) rare. PBI are rare. We report the case of multiple self-inflicted PBI in a 45 year old man caused by a nail gun. He was admitted to after shooting four nails into his head and one into his thorax. We review the literature on the topic and describe how this case was successfully managed in our hospital.

Experimental injuries of the eye caused by a tear gas pen gun loaded with ortho-chlorobenzalmalononitrile.