Ocular injuries caused by BB gun

ABSTRACT

In order to determine the prognosis of perforating eye injuries caused by BB guns in our patients the visual and anatomic results of 14 patients with gun injuries seen between September 1996 and February 1998 in Farabi Hospital and private office in Tehran were reviewed. Five patients had nonperforating eye injuries. All perforated eyes underwent scleral buckling lensectomy vitrectomy and silicone injection. All injured eyes had a visual acuity of light perception or better at presentation. Among 9 cases of perforating injuries 7 patients had double and 2 had single perforation. All patients had a final visual acuity of hand motion or better 7 patients achieved a visual acuity of >/= 1/10 and 5 >/= 3/10> This study shows that in some ocular injuries caused by BB guns vision may be retained with vitreo-retinal surgeries