Combined posterior contusion and penetrating injury in the pig eye. III. A controlled treatment trial of vitrectomy.
A controlled trial of vitrectomy following combined experimental posterior contusion and penetrating eye injury was performed on a group of pigs at 1 day, 2 weeks, and at 10 weeks after the initial injury. Severe intraoperative haemorrhage occurred in 5 eyes operated on at  day after injury and in one eye operated on at 2 weeks after injury, but no haemorrhage occurred when surgery was performed 10 weeks after injury.
D000818:Animals; D003288:Contusions / Q000601:surgery; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*