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. 1976 Nov;60(11):737–739. doi: 10.1136/bjo.60.11.737

Prognosis of perforating eye injury.

H P Adhikary, P Taylor, D J Fitzmaurice
PMCID: PMC1042828  PMID: 1009049

Abstract

The assessment of visual function in a series of 130 consecutive patients of perforating eye injuries, revealed that visual acuity of 6/12 or better was regained in 63 per cent, between 6/60 and 6/18 in 9-2 per cent, less than 6/60 in 15-3 per cent, and enucleation was necessary in 9-2 per cent. In 3 per cent, the eyes were retained as blind, symptomfree, and cosmetically satisfactory organs. Two eyes were found to develop complete traumatic aniridia. None in the series was found to have sympathetic ophthalmitis.

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