Impaled Orbital TASER Probe Injury Requiring Primary Enucleation.

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg

Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.

Published: September 2017

The Conducted Electrical Weapon is a weapon often used by law enforcement agencies as a method of less lethal means to subdue a suspect. Injuries to the eye with these devices are usually due to the projectile force of the metal probes that are released when these devices are engaged. The authors report what may be the first case of an impaled orbital TASER probe that required primary enucleation for globe perforation.

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