Successful repair of injury to the eyelid, lacrimal passage, and extraocular muscle

2016/03/17 by Shreya M. Shah, Mehul Shah, Shah, Shreya Mehul +5
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Facial Trauma and Fracture Management #Medicine #Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Treatments #Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries #extraocular muscle rupture repair #lacrimal canalicular injury repair #lid laceration repair

paper · doi:10.3205/oc000041

openalex publication_date 2016/03/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Injury is a known cause of monocular blindness. Ocular trauma may affect lacrimal canaliculi and the extraocular muscle. We report this case as it includes injury to lid, lacrimal canaliculi and inferior rectus. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 25-year-old male presented with an injury caused by a sharp object that resulted in a conjunctival tear, lid tear involving the lacrimal canal, and rupture of the inferior rectus muscle. All of the structures were repaired successfully during a single procedure. CONCLUSION: An extraocular injury involving the conjunctiva, lid, lacrimal passages, and extraocular muscles can be repaired successfully during a single procedure.

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