Transorbital craniocerebral injury caused by metallic foreign objects

doi:10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2025.058

World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 277-279.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2025.058

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Transorbital craniocerebral injury caused by metallic foreign objects

Chongqing Yang, Hongguang Cui, Xiawei Wang, Chenying Yu, Yan Long()

Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China

Received:2024-12-06 Accepted:2025-04-06 Online:2025-05-19 Published:2025-05-01
Contact: Yan Long, Email: 1507153@zju.edu.cn

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Chongqing Yang, Hongguang Cui, Xiawei Wang, Chenying Yu, Yan Long. Transorbital craniocerebral injury caused by metallic foreign objects[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2025, 16(3): 277-279.

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Reference	Year	Age, years	Sex	Eyelid entry	Trajectory	Foreign body	GCS	Outcome
Schreckinger et al	2011	42	M	Left medial orbit	OC	Steel hook	15	Lost vision of the right eye and 20/25 of left eye
Huiszoon et al	2012	45	F	Left eyeball	OR	Brake handle	15	Lost vision of the left eye and dead
Sarkar et al	2015	4	M	Left upper eyelid	SOF	House key	15	Recovered well
Agrawal et al	2016	16	M	Left upper eyelid	OR	Iron bar	15	Recovered well
Gaur et al	2017	14	M	Left upper eyelid	OR	Screw	Conscious	Corneal oedema
Splavski et al	2022	39	M	Left eyeball	OR	Round saw	Comatose	Lost vision of the left eye and neurological deficits
Wardhana et al	2023	22	M	Right eyeball	SOF	Screw driver	Conscious	Completely destroyed of the right eye

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