Glass intraocular foreign body removal with a nitinol stone basket

Purpose: Glass intraocular foreign bodies (IOFBs) complicate up to 14% of all IOFB cases and require specialized instruments for removal. We present a case of ocular trauma with two large glass IOFBs removed using a nitinol stone basket (NSB) designed for kidney stone extraction in the ureter and ca...

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Main Authors: Andrew W. Francis, Frances Wu, Ivy Zhu, Daniel de Souza Pereira, Robert B. Bhisitkul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993618302718