Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”

Fishing is a worldwide pastime enjoyed by millions of people. Ocular fishing injuries though uncommon may cause potentially devastating ocular trauma. We report a rare case of penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its successful surgical management by “cut-it out technique”. We...

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Main Authors:	Sushank A Bhalerao, Phanindhara Reddy, Pratik Y Gogri, Nandini R Banad, Sowjanya Vuyyuru, Rajavardhan Mallipudi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:	fishing penetrating injury barbed fish hook cut-it out technique
Online Access:	http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2021;volume=69;issue=1;spage=153;epage=155;aulast=Bhalerao

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title	Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”
title_short	Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”
title_full	Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”
title_fullStr	Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”
title_full_unstemmed	Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”
title_sort	penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “cut-it out technique”
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
issn	0301-4738 1998-3689
publishDate	2021-01-01
description	Fishing is a worldwide pastime enjoyed by millions of people. Ocular fishing injuries though uncommon may cause potentially devastating ocular trauma. We report a rare case of penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its successful surgical management by “cut-it out technique”. We are discussing the various techniques available for removal of fish hooks. The hook can be successfully removed with minimal trauma to ocular structures by understanding the structure of the fish hook and by employing the appropriate method of extraction.
topic	fishing penetrating injury barbed fish hook cut-it out technique
url	http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2021;volume=69;issue=1;spage=153;epage=155;aulast=Bhalerao
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Penetrating injury of the cornea by a barbed fish hook and its surgical management by “Cut-it out technique”

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