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. 2025 Mar 18;25(1):142.
doi: 10.1186/s12886-025-03903-5.

Clinical findings and management of intraocular foreign bodies (IOFB) in third-world country eye hospital

Made Indra Widyanatha  1   2 , Henry Santosa Sungkono  3 , Grimaldi Ihsan  4   5 , Rova Virgana  4   5 , Erwin Iskandar  4   5 , Arief Sjamsulaksan Kartasasmita  4   5
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Clinical findings and management of intraocular foreign bodies (IOFB) in third-world country eye hospital

Made Indra Widyanatha et al. BMC Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the demoFigurey and clinical characteristics of intraocular foreign body as open globe injury type at National Eye Center Cicendo Eye Hospital.

Methods: This descriptive-retrospective study is based on medical records of patients admitted to National Eye Center Cicendo Eye Hospital diagnosed with intraocular foreign bodies from January 2019 to June 2023.

Results: A total of twenty-one cases of ocular trauma specifically intraocular foreign bodies were recorded based on medical records. A total of 20 cases (95.2%) were male. The incidence of 15 cases (71.4%) of trauma in outdoor activities with the whole mechanism (100%) of penetrations. Most cases were referred cases (57.1%). 11 cases had surgery under 24 h prior to trauma (52.4%). The entry site of the foreign body was on the cornea (17 cases, 81%). Metallic foreign bodies account for 16 (76.2%); most locations are found on the retina (71.4%). More than three fourths of patients had single IOFB (76.2%). Visual acuity is mostly present between counting fingers- 0.1 Snellen. Patients showed to have had retinal breaks (61.9%).

Conclusion: The majority of IOFB patients were working-age males. The nature of IOFBs is mostly metallic and retained in the posterior segment.

Keywords: Intraocular foreign bodies; Outdoor activities; Trauma.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: No names, personal identification numbers, home addresses, contact information, photoFigures, or any other data that could be traced back to individual patients were collected. Further, no tissue specimens were analysed in the project. Ethics approval and consent to participate of this study was approved by “Komite Etik Pusat Mata Nasional Rumah Sakit Cicendo” ethics committee. The requirement for informed consent was approved by “Komite Etik Pusat Mata Nasional Rumah Sakit Mata Cicendo” considering that the study used interview and examination data but there has no sensitive patient information; did not entail any treatment, other interventions, tests; did not affect follow-up; did not expose patients to any risk of physical, psychological or other harm; and used no biological samples. written informed consent was obtained from the participants for participation in the study. The study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publication: Not Applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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