Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report

Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report

Open-globe injuries with no light perception (NLP) carry a poor prognosis, and many ophthalmologists select a primary enucleation or evisceration as a result. We present a case of complete visual rehabilitation in a patient who presented with NLP after a zone III penetrating open-globe injury. We re...

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Main Authors: Tania A. Baban, Fady K. Sammouh, Haytham M. El Ballouz, Elias L. Warrak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Ocular trauma
Open-globe injury
No light perception
Foreign body
Penetrating injury
Visual outcome
Middle East
Lebanon
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/434636

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