Dr.MALKAN NITIN RAMANLAL, Dr.Shreya Shah, Dr.VIVEK KUMAR, Dr.Dilipkumar Batra
Introduction: In rural India, trauma by wooden stick is one of the commonest mode of injury. Especially presence of intraocular foreign body has to be taken care of more meticulously. It can lead and endophthalmitis o some vision threatening complications commonest being Endophthalmitis.
Method: we are here presenting a video in which the patient had an intra ocular foreign body-11 mm (wooden stick) which had penetrated the lens and ruptured the posterior capsule. It was removed following wound repair. Patient was managed for dropped nucleus and endophthalmitis. She recovered well.
Conclusion: Any open globe injury should have suspicion for foreign body early detection of foreign body and endophthalmitis timely management s can salvage vision and eye.
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