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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| author | Tania A. Baban Fady K. Sammouh Haytham M. El Ballouz Elias L. Warrak |
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| description | 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 recommend patient counseling regarding decision making and management of ocular trauma with NLP, since timely intervention and close follow-ups may restore useful or complete vision even in severely traumatized eyes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-991f2d553fa0414bbd39eb4941bc0c2d2022-12-22T03:36:14ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992015-06-016220420910.1159/000434636434636Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case ReportTania A. BabanFady K. SammouhHaytham M. El BallouzElias L. WarrakOpen-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 recommend patient counseling regarding decision making and management of ocular trauma with NLP, since timely intervention and close follow-ups may restore useful or complete vision even in severely traumatized eyes.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/434636Ocular traumaOpen-globe injuryNo light perceptionForeign bodyPenetrating injuryVisual outcomeMiddle EastLebanon |
| spellingShingle | Tania A. Baban Fady K. Sammouh Haytham M. El Ballouz Elias L. Warrak Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report Case Reports in Ophthalmology Ocular trauma Open-globe injury No light perception Foreign body Penetrating injury Visual outcome Middle East Lebanon |
| title | Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full | Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report |
| title_short | Complete Visual Rehabilitation in a Patient with No Light Perception after Surgical Management of a Penetrating Open-Globe Injury: A Case Report |
| title_sort | complete visual rehabilitation in a patient with no light perception after surgical management of a penetrating open globe injury a case report |
| topic | Ocular trauma Open-globe injury No light perception Foreign body Penetrating injury Visual outcome Middle East Lebanon |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/434636 |
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