Surgical Management of Intraretinal Foreign Bodies

Pars Plana Vitrectomy in Ocular Injury with Intraocular Foreign Body

“…The incidence of this complication is reported to be 11.36% to 62.5% in the literature. 6,12,16,17,20 We observed retinal detachment in 14.3% of our study group. Postoperative development of phthisis bulbi is reported to occur in 2.27% to 6.6% of the patients; similarly, we detected phthisis bulbi in three cases.…”

Chorioretinectomy for perforating or severe intraocular foreign body injuries

“…Many studies have been published on the best treatment of penetrating posterior segment injuries with or without a retained IOFB since the United States war in Vietnam [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] [55]. Another study examined the outcomes of perforating injuries from combat ocular trauma and found an overall PVR rate of 62% [57].…”

Current trends in the management of intraocular foreign bodies

“…In the previtrectomy era, an external electromagnet (EEM) was used for ferromagnetic materials, and early IOFB removal was encouraged to prevent IOFB encapsulation, which could overcome the pulling force of the EEM [35,36]. The advent of modern vitrectomy techniques and the use of intraocular forceps [37,38] and intraocular magnets [39,40], however, have greatly improved the surgical control of the removal of ferromagnetic materials [8]. One study [41] comparing the use of electromagnet for ferrous IOFB removal in 30 eyes versus PPV techniques in 34 eyes found that anatomic and functional outcomes were significantly better in eyes undergoing PPV.…”