J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2001 Jul;42(7):997-1002.

Factors Influencing Final Visual Outcome in Intraocular Foreign Bodies

• Lee EH
• Moon CS
• Lee SY
• Lew HM

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the relationship between final visual outcomes and other factors such as sex, age, right or left eye, initial vision, initial findings, kinds of IOFB(intraocular foreign body) and size, entry site, and final location of IOFB, preoperative retinal lesion and postoperative retinal detachment.
METHODS
We analyzed the records of 36 eyes of 36 patients of perforating ocular injury with IOFB retrospectively from September, 1995 to May, 1999.
RESULTS
The preoperative factors which were associated with final visual outcome were vitreous hemorrhage, hyphema, preoperative retinal lesion and postoperative retinal detachment.
CONCLUSIONS
The factors influencing final visual outcome in intraocular foreign bodies are hyphema, vitreous hemorrhage, preoperative retinal lesion.

Keyword

Final visual outcome; Intraocular foreign body; Preoperative factors

MeSH Terms

Foreign Bodies*
Humans
Hyphema
Retinal Detachment
Retinaldehyde
Retrospective Studies
Vitreous Hemorrhage
Retinaldehyde