Management of an orbitocranial knife injury: a case report.
A 10-year-old girl suffering from a penetrating orbital stab wound with a knife on the inner canthus of her right eye is reported. Clinical examination of the patient displayed no signs of globe perforation or neurological deficits. The knife was removed slowly with careful and controlled motions. At the last visit three months after the surgery, visual acuity was 20/20, anterior and posterior segment findings were normal, and no binocular eye movement abnormalities were observed.
Department of Ophthalmology, Sanliurfa Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Mahmut
M
Subaşi
Müge Pinar
MP
Cakar-Ozdal
Pinar
P
Nalcioğlu-Yüksekkaya
Alper
A
Alakuş
D002648:Child; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*