Intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) are an important cause of visual loss within the group of working age population. Ocular trauma is an important cause of visual morbidity and blindness, mainly in the group of working- age population. In this context, it was proved that intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) can lead to increased ocular morbidity.
The development of vitreoretinal surgery techniques and instrumentation has allowed optimizing the management of these complicated cases. In this study, we analyze all the consecutive cases with open-globe injuries and IOFBs that we treated by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), in order to define the factors that affected the final visual acuity and globe survival. Open globe injury with or without the intraocular foreign body (IOFB) often has a poor visual outcome owing to possible endophthalmitis and or vitreoretinopathy with the varied and unsterile…
