A new BB forceps.
Retained intraocular BBs are difficult to remove. According to manufacturers' specifications, BBs have a spherical diameter of 4.5 mm and a copper plate covering a steel core. They have only moderate magnetic properties because of the copper plate cover and they are too large to be grasped by almost all intraocular forceps and, therefore, present a problem when they are retained in the eye after injury. Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1574-1575
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Barnes Retina Institute, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Suite 17413-East Pavilion, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. josephd@vision.wustl.edu.
Meredith
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D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*
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