Open globe injury with an interesting intra-ocular foreign body

2017/07/07 by Ekjyot S. Gill, Gill, Ekjyot, Matthew Shulman +5
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Facial Trauma and Fracture Management #Intraocular Surgery and Lenses #Medicine #Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries

paper · doi:10.3205/oc000068

openalex publication_date 2017/07/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

There was no evidence of endophthalmitis or keratitis from time of injury to the five-month follow-up, suggesting that the risk of infection may be low and therefore it may be reasonable to manage these injuries with a period of observation.

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