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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yazgan, Serpil
• Ayar, Orhan
• Akdemir, Orçun
• Koban, Yaran

Titel

An excellent anatomical and visual recovery after surgical repair of an open eye injury with poor baseline prognostic factors

Ist Teil von

• Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2017-03, Vol.23 (2), p.167

Ort / Verlag

Turkey

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Presently described is case of a 42-year-old woman with eye injury that was result of gunshot fired by a man at a wedding celebration. Bullet penetrated inferior quadrant of nasal sclera of left eye 7-12 mm behind limbus. Choroid and vitreous were prolapsed around bullet. Hemorrhage, vitreous prolapse and lens subluxation were present in anterior chamber. Presenting visual acuity (VA) was hand motion. Bullet 14x5 mm in size was carefully extracted from the eye. Fifteen days later, argon laser photocoagulation was performed on retina in area of bullet entry point. VA was 20/25 (Snellen) at final visit. In this case, although foreign body was large, area of penetration was Zone III, and initial VA was poor, early and appropriate surgical repair achieved integrity of the globe and good vision prognosis.