title: Surgical treatment of war lesions to the posterior segment of the eye.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of surgical treatment of war lesions to the posterior eye segment.
  
  
  METHODS
  During a 1-year period, 96 patients with severe eye lesions, 54 of them with intraocular foreign bodies (56.2%), were operated on at the Institute for Posterior Eye Segment Diseases and Trauma, Zagreb Clinical Hospital. Surgical procedures performed included high-quality primary microsurgery of the wound, extraction of intraocular foreign bodies, treatment of double perforating wounds by silicone oil tamponade and gas, and emergency vitrectomy when necessary.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A varying degree of vision function improvement was achieved in 67 patients (69.7%). Most of the foreign bodies removed were metal and nonmagnetic. Only six foreign bodies were made of glass, and two 2 were of plastic material. In 29 patients (30.3%), the vision function remained unchanged or deteriorated after vitrectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although satisfactory results were achieved, definitive evaluation of the procedures will be possible only after long-term follow-up.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Zagreb Clinical Hospital, Croatia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sikić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katusić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D017523:Croatia; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005130:Eye Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014857:Warfare