Intraocular Foreign Bodies: Clinical Characteristics and Visual Prognosis
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 1968-1975, 2002.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To determine the clinical characteristics and visual prognosis of intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs).METHODS:
We analyzed the patients with surgical removal of IOFB and follow-up of 4 months or longer.RESULTS:
Of all 126 eyes of 126 patients, 118 patients (93.6%) were men and mean age was 42.7 years. The cause was lawn mower in 49 eyes (38.9%). Metal composition was in 114 eyes (90.5%), corneal inlet was present in 101 eyes (80.2%) and posterior location was in 97 eyes (73.0%) were there. Visual acuity was worse than 0.04 in 77 eyes (61.1%) before operation and in 36 eyes (28.6%) at the final visit. The final visual acuity was significantly related with initial visual acuity (criterion 0.1, P=0.001), wound length (criterion 3 mm, P< 0.001), location (anterior vs. posterior location, P< 0.001) and size (criterion 3mm, P< 0.001) of IOFB, traumatic cataract (P=0.011), vitreous hemorrhage (P=0.001) and retinal tear (P< 0.001), respectively.CONCLUSION:
Lawn mower is the main cause of IOFB and the countermeasure should be needed for it. Initial visual acuity, location and size of IOFB, wound length, vitreous hemorrhage and retinal tear may be the important factors on visual prognosis of IOFB.
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Main subject:
Prognosis
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Retinal Perforations
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Wounds and Injuries
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Cataract
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Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Visual Acuity
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Follow-Up Studies
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Bays
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Foreign Bodies
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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