The case is described of a man who at the age of 17 suffered accidental penetration of his right orbit by a rod and spring from a machine gun. Operation was successful, and follow-up 31 years later showed normal vision at 20/20 in both eyes.

A case of a retained orbital foreign body following a penetrating injury in a 2-year-old boy is described. Diagnosis and management of such cases is discussed.

This is the first reported case of eye injury caused by a crayfish antenna. A 20-year-old male crayfish diver sustained a scleral penetrating injury that led to a subconjunctival abscess. The foreign body was histologically similar to a crayfish antenna.

A controlled trial of vitrectomy following combined experimental posterior contusion and penetrating eye injury was performed on a group of pigs at 1 day, 2 weeks, and at 10 weeks after the initial injury. Severe intraoperative haemorrhage occurred in 5 eyes operated on at day after injury and in one eye operated on at 2 weeks after injury, but no haemorrhage occurred when surgery was performe...

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcome of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) for corneal opacification in the setting of systemic mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). METHODS A consecutive case series and literature review. RESULTS Eight eyes from 5 patients with MPS (MPS I, MPS IV, and MPS VI) and a history of PK met inclusion criteria for our case series at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. The m...

Endothelial keratoplasty has been adopted by corneal surgeons worldwide as an alternative to penetrating keratoplasty (PK) in the treatment of corneal endothelial disorders. Since the first surgeries in 1998, different surgical techniques have been used to replace the diseased endothelium. Compared with penetrating keratoplasty, all these techniques may provide faster and better visual rehabili...

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Meningitis is rarely seen following oral injury. We describe a 3-year-old boy developing meningitis and brain abscess following a penetrating oral wooden stick injury. There was no cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea noted. A cerebrospinal fluid culture yielded viridans streptococcus. Brain magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed a multiloculated ring-enhancing mass. This patient...

AIM To observe the neurological complications arising from various tribal practices and their management. Penetrating head injuries comprise only a small number of total head injuries. A penetrating head injury by deliberate attempt to treat an ailment is almost unheard of. MATERIAL AND METHODS We present here a case of penetrating head injury caused by stabbing a scissor in head by a local w...