Primary delayed surgical care for a patient with a combat eye injury
Authors:   State Autonomous Healthcare Institution «Orenburg Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.I. Voynov», Laskova I.V. , Kravchenko A.A. ,   State Autonomous Healthcare Institution «Orenburg Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.I. Voynov», Korshunova R.V. ,   State Autonomous Healthcare Institution «Orenburg Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.I. Voynov», Uskov D.I. ,   State Autonomous Healthcare Institution «Orenburg Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.I. Voynov»
Published: April 2023

Currently, injuries to the visual organ are one of the most important causes of blindness and disability due to the complicated course of the post-traumatic process and an unfavorable functional outcome, in the vast majority of cases of the able-bodied population. The timeliness of providing highly specialized ophthalmic surgical care is a fundamental factor that allows for the medical and social rehabilitation of patients with various visual organ injuries in the shortest possible time. In turn, the prolongation of the terms of primary surgical treatment dictates slightly different approaches to the conservative and surgical treatment of such patients. Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of primary delayed simultaneous surgical care for a patient with a penetrating comminuted battle wound of the eye. Material and metods. Patient K., 35 years old, was admitted to the ophthalmological department of the State Medical Institution «OOKB» of Orenburg with complaints of decreased visual acuity of the left eye with the diagnosis: OS – Multiple military trauma. Consequences of penetrating eye injury. Corneal scar. Traumatic cataract. Partial hemophthalmos. Local retinal detachment. Intraocular foreign bodies. From anamnesis: a month ago, during military operations, he received a shrapnel wound to the head. An open penetrating comminuted fracture of the left temporal bone was performed in a military hospital. I did not receive surgical ophthalmological care. Ophthalmological status: Vis OD = 1,0: OS = movement of the shadow at the face. The IOP of both eyes is normal. OS – conjunctiva is injected, a metallic foreign body is embedded in the sclera at the meridian of 7 hours, 5 mm from the limb, the cornea is transparent, the corneal scar, the anterior chamber is shallow, the moisture is transparent, the iris is edematous, the pupil in the center is deformed, tightened for 7 hours, the pupil reaction is slowed down, inhomogeneous opacities in the lens. The reflex is dim, the details of the fundus and vitreous are not ophthalmoscoped. Preparatory measures were carried out before the surgical intervention: antibacterial and anti-inflammatory therapy. At the first stage, phacoemulsification of traumatic cataract with posterior continuous capsulorexis was performed in the conditions of medical mydriasis. The second stage was a standard three-port vitrectomy of 25 G with the removal of organized vitreous blood clots and the removal of the posterior hyaloid membrane. During the revision, a parietal foreign body with local retinal detachment is visualized in the middle outer part. A 23 G tweezers were used to remove the foreign body, which required the replacement of one of the ports. Delimitative endolasercoagulation was performed. The foreign body was removed through the posterior capsulorexis: brought to the iris in the anterior chamber of the eye, then evacuated through a tunnel incision of 2.75 mm. Then a perfluoroorganic compound (PFOS) was introduced, the retina was attached, additional retinal endolasercoagulation was performed. At the third stage, a simultaneous replacement of PFOS with silicone oil was carried out. The Miol-soft intraocular lens was implanted. At the last stage, the embedded foreign body of the sclera was removed, the conjunctival wound was sutured. On the fifth day after surgical treatment, the patient was discharged for outpatient follow-up with the functions of vis OS = 0.2 sph (+) 4.0 = 0.4 with recommendations. Conclusions. As a result of simultaneous high-tech vitreoretinal surgical treatment against the background of anti-inflammatory and antibacterial therapy, high functional results were achieved. Keywords: injury, penetrating wound of the eye, foreign body of the eye, local retinal detachment