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Dr. Amin Nawar, consultant in retinal and vitreous diseases and surgery, was called to handle the case. He conducted precise examinations including CT scans and ultrasound on the injured eye, which showed the presence of the foreign object along with bleeding in the vitreous body.
The patient was immediately prepared for surgery, where corneal wound repair was performed, cataracts were removed, vitreous hemorrhage was cleaned, and the foreign object was extracted from inside the eye. The operation resulted in notable improvement in the visual acuity of the injured eye.
Such cases are extremely dangerous for the eye if rapid intervention is not undertaken. However, the medical team succeeded in saving the eye after a precise operation that lasted 3 continuous hours, with participation from the complete medical staff, due to the difficulty of the metal piece's location within the retina.
This case is recorded as the first operation of this type performed at the Eye Center of Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam, and it was crowned with success, praise be to God.
Saving a Patient's Eye After Injury from Foreign Metal Object Inside the Eye at Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam
A patient came to the emergency department at Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam after suffering an eye injury caused by a metal object (piece of iron) entering the eye, which caused severe deterioration in visual acuity. The initial medical examination revealed a wound in the left eye's cornea, in addition to cataracts.Dr. Amin Nawar, consultant in retinal and vitreous diseases and surgery, was called to handle the case. He conducted precise examinations including CT scans and ultrasound on the injured eye, which showed the presence of the foreign object along with bleeding in the vitreous body.
The patient was immediately prepared for surgery, where corneal wound repair was performed, cataracts were removed, vitreous hemorrhage was cleaned, and the foreign object was extracted from inside the eye. The operation resulted in notable improvement in the visual acuity of the injured eye.
Such cases are extremely dangerous for the eye if rapid intervention is not undertaken. However, the medical team succeeded in saving the eye after a precise operation that lasted 3 continuous hours, with participation from the complete medical staff, due to the difficulty of the metal piece's location within the retina.
This case is recorded as the first operation of this type performed at the Eye Center of Mouwasat Hospital in Dammam, and it was crowned with success, praise be to God.
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