title: Pars plana vitrectomy in ocular injury with intraocular foreign body.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We evaluated 70 cases of ocular injuries with intraocular foreign bodies to determine the results of surgical management.
  
  
  METHODS
  The site of penetration was cornea in 58 (82.9%), sclera in 8 (11.4%), and limbus in 4 (5.7%) eyes. The foreign body was in the vitreous in 40 (57.1%) and embedded in the retina in 30 (42.9%) cases. Before pars plana vitrectomy, the most common findings were found to be lens perforation (77.1%), vitreous hemorrhage (45.7%), endophthalmitis (20%), hyphema (4.3%), and retinal detachment (2.9%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After pars plana vitrectomy, visual acuity improved in 39 (55.7%), did not change in 19 (27.2%), and decreased in 8 (11.4%) cases. We observed secondary glaucoma in 11 (15.7%), retinal detachment in 10 (14.3%), and phthisis bulbi in 3 (4.3%) cases postoperatively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pars plana vitrectomy is found to be an effective therapeutic approach in removing intraocular foreign bodies, but the preoperative and postoperative complications determine the visual outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demircan
authors.forename: Merih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yagmur
authors.forename: Handan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.forename: Altan Atakan
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Ilter
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Varinli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy