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A 56-year-old man presented with a Zone I-II open globe injury with uveal prolapse of the left eye after he was struck with metal bearing he was prying from the spindle of a boat trailer. The patient underwent surgical repair with repositioning of uveal tissue using an intraocular sweeping technique and reapproximation of the corneal limbus with interrupted nylon sutures. Post-operatively, vitreous hemorrhage resolved spontaneously without any vitreoretinal complications or interventions. Mydriasis , secondary to an iris sphincter tear and iridodialysis , caused symptomatic glare in the affected eye that was addressed with a tinted contact lens.
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Gaier, E.D., Yonekawa, Y., Grob, S. (2018). Case 9: Zone I/II Open Globe Injury from Metal Bearing. In: Grob, S., Kloek, C. (eds) Management of Open Globe Injuries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72410-2_14
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