Removing an Organic Intraocular Foreign Body

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A 9-year-old boy hit in the left eye with a stick presented the day after the initial scleral wound repair. A CT scan revealed a large wooden intraocular foreign body, which was removed through a scleral tunnel with McPherson forceps and the support of an irrigating vectus.

Posted: 9/04/2024

Removing an Organic Intraocular Foreign Body

A 9-year-old boy hit in the left eye with a stick presented the day after the initial scleral wound repair. A CT scan revealed a large wooden intraocular foreign body, which was removed through a scleral tunnel with McPherson forceps and the support of an irrigating vectus.

Posted: 9/04/2024

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