Clinical Evaluation of Intraocular Foreign Body

The authors analysed 51 cases of intraocular foreign body patients who were treated at the Ophthalmic Department of Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, during a 6 year period. Follow up study was done for all cases of patient at least 6 months or more after operation. And the author studied several factors which influence the prognosis of intraocular foreign body. The results are as follows: 1. The incidence of intraocular foreign body was prevalent in young male adult 20-30 years of age, and a large number of their cases were magnetic properties. 2. Larger the size of foreign body and deeper the location of foreign body, worse the prognosis of final visual acuity was. 3. Time interval between injury and operation did not influence the prognosis of final visual acuity. 4. Corneal perforation had better prognosis than scleral perforation in the visual outcome.

A Clinical Study of the Ocular Injuries

The 522 ocular injuries among the 23,249 out and in patients who visited to Dept. of Ophthalmology from 1 Jan., 1980 to 31 July, 1986 were clinically evaluated. 1. The incidence of ocular injuries was 2.2% of all patients. 2. The incidence was more common in male (82.8%) and in the age of second and third decade(57.9%). 3. The ocular injuries were brought regardless of the season. 4. Small iron particles were the most common causative agent and the majority of ocular injuries. 5. Perforating injury was the most common nature of ocular injuries. 6. Primary operations included the sutures of cornea or sclera(49.7%), repair of lid(28.7%), or enucleation or evisceration(7.4%), and secondary operations included most commonly cataract operations, and others. 7. The final visual acuity of 20.7% was 0.1 or less, and 57.1 % was 0.9 or more.