title: Intraocular foreign bodies extracted by pars plana vitrectomy: clinical characteristics, management, outcomes and prognostic factors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) are an important cause of visual loss within the group of working age population. We aim to present the clinical features and the algorithm according to which we manage the foreign bodies that are located in the posterior segment of the eye. We define the outcomes and the prognostic factors that influenced the final visual acuity and globe survival in patients with IOFBs that we extracted by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) over a 5-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the medical records of all the cases with IOFBs that we removed by PPV, over 5 years (2009-2013). We extracted the following parameters: age, gender, wound anatomy, IOFB characteristics, ocular lesions, initial and final visual acuities. We used the program SPSS version 20.0.0. for the statistical analysis of our data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During 5 years, we treated 21 IOFBs by PPV, representing 12.20 % of all the open globe injuries. All the patients were males with the median age of 36 years. The foreign body was located in the vitreous - 11 cases (52.38 %), retina--seven cases (33.33 %) and perforating--three cases (14.28 %). Retinal detachment (RD) at presentation was identified in eight cases (38.09 %) and endophthalmitis, in six cases (28.57 %). The visual outcome was significantly worse in patients with RD at presentation (p = 0.012) and with IOFBs larger than 3 mm (p = 0.042). Endophthalmitis did not influence the visual outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The worse prognostic factors were: RD at presentation and large foreign body.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  IRCT2015040418966N3 / Apr. 9/2015.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, V. Babeș str, 400012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. simonanicoara1@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Simona Delia
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Nicoară
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. iulirimes@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Iulian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Irimescu
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. tcalinici@umfcluj.ro.
authors.forename: Tudor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Călinici
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, V. Babeș str, 400012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. christinacristian@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cristian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000293:injuries