The use of soft contact lens for intraocular foreign body removal to avoid inadvertent cataract formation.
Journal
Journal of surgical case reports
ISSN: 2042-8812
Titre abrégé: J Surg Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101560169
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
11
04
2021
accepted:
22
08
2021
entrez:
11
10
2021
pubmed:
12
10
2021
medline:
12
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Ocular injuries carry a significant morbidity worldwide. Visual outcomes vary depending on the mechanism of injury, the damage on arrival and the surgical technique used. The presence of an intraocular foreign body further complicates matters, due to its constituents, the infectious potential, and/or damage to intraocular structures. Another described problem is the inadvertent cataract formation due to contact with the natural lens during removal of the foreign body. The purpose of this paper is to describe a case with a mechanical foreign body lodging in the posterior chamber without harming the lens. The surgical challenge was to remove it without causing cataractous changes. Therefore, a soft contact lens was used to form a protective layer between the foreign body and the natural lens of the eye allowing successful removal of the foreign body.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34631008
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab404
pii: rjab404
pmc: PMC8496263
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
rjab404Informations de copyright
Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. © The Author(s) 2021.
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