Taser penetrating ocular injury.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the presentation and treatment of a Taser penetrating ocular injury.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
A 50-year-old man with a Taser injury 1.5 cm below the right lower eyelid margin was admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary hospital. The case report describes the ophthalmic assessment, investigation, treatment, and outcome of the Taser barb penetrating ocular injury.


RESULTS
The Taser has a fish hook barb that caused a full-thickness wound adequately large for vitreous to escape when the Taser was removed. Consequently, the scleral wound was repaired and cryopexy was performed. The affected eye made a satisfactory recovery, and the visual acuity was 6/9 with a pinhole 1 week after operation.


CONCLUSIONS
Any Taser injury around the orbits should raise the suspicion of a penetrating ocular injury. In likely cases, removal of the Taser should be performed in an operating theater under general anesthesia.
Ng
Weng
W
Department of Ophthalmology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville Road, Woodville South, South Australia, Australia. weng.ng@jcu.edu.au
Chehade
Mark
M
D003452:Cryosurgery; D004597:Electroshock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012590:Sclera / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology