This is a very important post which has been highlighted by renowned vitreoretinal surgeon Padma Shri prof Dr. S Natrajan. He is expert in a pellet hit ocular injuries is a new entry to ocular trauma pellets are usually used to hunt birds but in Kashmir in 2016. They were used to control mob pellets are lead bodies coated with charcoal and chemical like substance.
All this caused lot of ocular reaction one pellet gun released 66 lead bodies since they were fired above the waist in 4 months 1176 ocular injuries occurred in 4 months ranging from periorbital hematoma, subconjunctival hemorrhage hyphema, corneal tear and scleral tear, choroidal and retinal tear. Cataract intraocular hemorrhage retained intra and extra ocular. The CT scan and B & S Scan Ultrasound were used to diagnose intraocular force before all surgeries were conducted by ophthalmologists of department of ophthalmology.…
