PMC2629464_01
Patient eye on arrival.
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F1
A 19 year old man presented to the Accident and Emergency Department with a one hour history of the right upper eyelid injury from a wire fence, (figure 1).
Removal of the wire from the patients' eyelid.
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F2
1% Lignocaine was infiltrated in to the upper lid, the lid averted, and the wire passed out through the defect, (figure 2 and 3).
The wire completely removed from the eyelid.
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F3
1% Lignocaine was infiltrated in to the upper lid, the lid averted, and the wire passed out through the defect, (figure 2 and 3).
Patients eye after complete removal of the wire.
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F4
Post removal, the acuity increased to 6/9 and there was no intraocular penetration, (figure 4).