Table 1. Patients’ Information.
| Variables | Values |
|---|---|
| Demographic data | |
| Age (years) | 44.5±17.1 (6–82) |
| Sex (M/F) | 22/2 |
| Occupation | |
| Worker | 16 |
| Farmer | 6 |
| Student | 2 |
| Baseline characteristics | |
| Laterality (left/right) | 13/11 |
| Character of foreign body (n) | |
| Iron | 14 |
| Pebbles | 7 |
| Branch | 1 |
| Electricity wire | 1 |
| Firecracker | 1 |
| Size of wound(mm2) | 4.2±2.2 (1–8) |
| Onset time (h) | 32.2±39.2 (2–168) |
| Follow-up time (m) | 21.1±8.8 (12–38) |
| Treatment (n) | |
| Enucleation | 6 |
| Vitrectomy | 17 |
| Removal of the foreign body | 1 |
| Complication of eye (n) | |
| Complicated cataract | 12 |
| Atrophy of eyeball | 3 |
| Previous surgical procedures (n) | 0 |