Long-Term Outcome of Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Retained Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Body Secondary to Gunshot Injury.
Hammouda Hamdy GhorabaMahmoud LeilaAdel Galal ZakySameh Mohamed ElgouharyAmin Faisal EllakwaHosam Othman MansourMohamed Amin HeikalPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2021)
PPV for removal of IOFB caused by gunshot injury yielded long-term favorable functional outcome with excellent globe survival. Poor initial BCVA, location of IOFB in the posterior pole, associated lens injury and retinal detachment are significant adverse prognostic factors for final BCVA but not for globe survival.