Giant retinal tears resulting from eye gouging in rugby football
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Giant retinal tears resulting from eye gouging in rugby football.
A 29 year old myopic man sustained two separate giant retinal tears in his right eye following deliberate eye gouging during a rugby tackle. These were successfully repaired by vitrectomy and intraocular silicone oil injection. Although the postoperative course was complicated by pupil block glaucoma, he regained corrected visual acuity of 6/5 after oil removal. This injury highlights the poten...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.34.1.65