{"title":"Ocular Trauma - Management: A Case Report","authors":"Patyal S","doi":"10.23880/oajo-16000254","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Ocular morbidity resulting from trauma remains most common cause of uniocular and non-congenital visual loss across the world. Penetrating injury threatens the integrity of the globe and constitutes an ocular emergency. We report a case of a 21-year-old male, who presented at our Centre within two hours of Type C, Grade D, and Zone 2 injury with a retained metallic foreign body. Primary repair was done after a prompt and detailed examination to maintain the globe integrity. This was followed by removal of foreign body with lensectomy as a secondary procedure within the week of the injury. We report this case to highlight the surgical dilemmas that may be faced by the surgeon while dealing with an ocular emergency.","PeriodicalId":91939,"journal":{"name":"Open access journal of ophthalmology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Open access journal of ophthalmology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.23880/oajo-16000254","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Ocular morbidity resulting from trauma remains most common cause of uniocular and non-congenital visual loss across the world. Penetrating injury threatens the integrity of the globe and constitutes an ocular emergency. We report a case of a 21-year-old male, who presented at our Centre within two hours of Type C, Grade D, and Zone 2 injury with a retained metallic foreign body. Primary repair was done after a prompt and detailed examination to maintain the globe integrity. This was followed by removal of foreign body with lensectomy as a secondary procedure within the week of the injury. We report this case to highlight the surgical dilemmas that may be faced by the surgeon while dealing with an ocular emergency.