Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Rini Kusumawardhany
RSU Dr. Wahidin Sudiro Husodo, Indonesia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Penetrating eye injury was common in children 0-16 years (42.5%) followed by adult �30 years (41.6%). The commonest cause of penetrating ocular injuries was stick/wood (41.2%).. A 55 years old woman had wood penetrating injury on lower eyelid. She fell forward on corn stick, accidentally while farming. Visual acuity was 5/20. Head and orbita CT scan and eye ultrasound was normal. A 3.6 cm wood chip was removed from the wound site, using clamp under retrobulbar anesthesia. After wound debridement, the orbicularis and skin are closed with 6-0 polyglactin suture. Post operation visual acuity was 5/9 and improvement in ocular motility restriction. Penetrating or perforating injuries should be evaluated and treated immediately. Depending on the material causing the injury and location of entry, severe vision loss can occur. Systemic, topical antibiotics and tetanus toxoid injection was given to reduce the incidence of endophthalmitis, orbital cellulitis or panophthalmitis.