A Reiew of Intraocular Foreignbodies

ABSTRACT

Sixty patients with intraocular foreign body(IOFB) between March 1983 and May 1990 were clinically analyzed. The results were as follows 1. The incidence was more common in the young adult male, and most of the intraocular foreign bodies occurred while hammering at work. 2. The prevalent location for IOFB was at the posterior segment but, IOFB which were located at the anterior segment were more common than in other reports and were mostly magnetic in nature. 3. Smaller the size of IOFB, the milder the combined complications and the more anteriorly located, the better was prognosis for final visual acutiy. 4. Time interval between injury and operation did not infulence the prognosis of final visual acuity. 5. A visual acuity of better than 0.1 improved fwm 27cases(45%) to 32cases(53.3%) with removal of the IOFB.