[Clinical characteristics of penetrating ocular injuries with intraocular foreign body. Part II. Diagnostics and treatment].

Ocular trauma remains a major cause of blindness, particularly in the working-age population. Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs ), frequently accompany penetrating ocular injuries and can lead to increased ocular morbidity. In this paper, based on published reports and their authors clinical experience, we discuss questions of advantages and disadvantages of three imaging methods (radiology, ultrasound and tomography), and evaluate the value of these methods in the diagnosis of IOFBs.

[Clinical characteristics of penetrating ocular injuries with intraocular foreign body. Part I. Pathogenesis and clinical features].

Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs), are the major cause of penetrating ocular trauma and the most serious problem is the resulting impairment of visual function. In this paper, based on published reports and their clinical experience, authors discuss questions of pathogenesis, epidemiology and clinical features of IOFB injuries. Special attention was paid on primary and secondary complications, which include mechanical lesions of the ocular tissues, metallosis and endophthalmitis.

[Late complications after penetrating ocular injuries caused by intraocular and intraorbital foreign bodies].

Purpose: To evaluate late complications in patients with penetrating ocular injuries caused by intraocular or intraorbital foreign bodies (IOFBs).

Material And Methods: We reviewed 58 posttraumatic patients with IOFBs removed by external electromagnet or intraocular forceps. The patients underwent a follow-up examinations at 1 to 7 years after trauma.

[Intraocular and intraorbital foreign bodies characteristics in patients with penetrating ocular injury].

Purpose: To determine clinical features of intraocular and intraorbital foreign body (IOFB) injuries.

Material And Methods: 62 patients with IOFB injury were retrospectively reviewed. Data on age, sex, activity at the time of injury, initial visual acuity and presenting clinical features were recorded.