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ArticleCureus2021

Considerations for a Retained Foreign Body in the Posterior Orbital Apex.

Gabriella Schmuter, Ethan M Stern, Michelle Packles

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gabriella SchmuterOphthalmology, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, USA.
Ethan M SternOphthalmology, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, USA.
Michelle PacklesOphthalmology, BronxCare Health System, Bronx, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orbital foreign bodies must be approached with complex considerations involving their precise location and composition in order to adequately guide management. Physicians must carefully weigh the advantages and risks of surgical and medical intervention compared to conservative management. We present a case of a male patient with penetrating trauma to the eye that resulted in open globe injury and orbital foreign body, presumed metallic, at the posterior orbital apex near the optic nerve. As such, despite the uncertainty of the exact composition of the object, the medical team and patient agreed to conservative management given its high-risk anatomical location.

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foreign bodyoculoplasticsopen globeophthalmologyplastic surgerytrauma

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PMID34877206
PMCPMC8641400

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