title: Eyelid fish-hook injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of fish-hook eyelid injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case-report. A 25-year-old man presented with an upper eyelid fish-hook wound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The hook was extracted under local anaesthesia using the back-out method. Postoperatively, no complications were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the absence of serious ocular damage, the back-out method seems to be the best option for the removal of the hook in eyelid injuries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. levy-jaime@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries*; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D011998:Recreation