Open AccessOperation of traumatic cataract with metal foreign body in the lens
Author(s) -
Dragan Veselinović,
Ivan Stefanović,
Miloš Jovanović,
Aleksandar M. Veselinović,
Marija Trenkić-Božinović
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh1104216v
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , phacoemulsification , capsulorhexis , lens (geology) , cornea , visual acuity , ophthalmology , intraocular lens , surgery , cataracts , traumatic cataract , optics , physics
We present a patient with perforative eye injury, a metal foreign body in the lens and traumatic cataract. The paper emphasises the importance of phacoemulsification in case of patients with a traumatic cataract and the presence of a metal foreign body.