A severe penetrating eye injury with a fish hook
10.3969/j.issn.1672-5123.2009.06.007
- VernacularTitle:鱼钩所致严重眼球穿通伤1例
- Author:
Rasdi Abdul RASHID
;
Shatriah ISMAIL
;
Bakiah SHAHARUDDIN
;
Zuraidah MUSTARI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
fish hook;
posterior segment injury;
back-out method
- From:
International Eye Science
2009;9(6):1034-1035
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
An interventional case-report about a rare case of penetrating eye injury caused by a fish hook. A 34-year old man was brought to the emergency department with a fish hook embedded in the eye. The fish hook occupied the whole globe with part of it penetrated into the posterior part of the sclera. It was extracted under general anaesthesia using the back-out method.The back-out method is the best option for the removal of the fish hook that penetrated the globe till to the posterior part of the sclera
