Alineum and Medicinal Treatment To Restore The Patient's Quality of Life

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LASERATION OF CONJUNCTIVES TARSALIS PALPEBRA INFERIOR Et

Causa FISHING HOOK

CASE REPORT
Muhammad Akbar

Nur Aisyah Latifah *, Neneng Helijanti **, Muh Ardi Munir ***
* Student of Vocational Medicine Study Program, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako
University ** Eye Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University ***
Tropical Infection and Traumatology Section, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako
University

ABSTRACT

Background: Most cases of trauma to the eye due to trauma often led to the loss of
visual function. Young adult groups - especially men - are the group most likely to
experience eye trauma. Oculi trauma can be divided into several categories based on
the mechanism of trauma, including sharp trauma, blunt trauma, chemical trauma,
thermal trauma, physical trauma, extra-ocular foreign body, and perforated trauma.
The key treatment on the cases of trauma to the eye is involves the reconstruction
measures aimed to prevent the worsening of prognosis as well as to extract corpus
alineum and medicinal treatment to restore the patient's quality of life.

Case report: A 5-year-old boy was brought by his mother arrived in the hospital with
the case of left eye perforated by a fishing hook a few hours prior to the arrival. The
affected eye generates pains and produces tears with blood. The pain increases when
the eyes are closed. The fishing hook perforated in the patient's left eye is cut off by
his father, with the half of the fishing hook still remain in the eye.

Procedure: Definitive action in the form of operative and medicinal treatment by


reconstructing the affected part of the trauma and performing extraction as well as
medical therapy using topical antibiotics as prophylaxis.

Conclusion: Eye trauma is a common cause of unilateral blindness in children and


young adults, which includes trauma caused by foreign objects. Diagnosis of oculi
trauma can be simply done by relying on anamnesis and an adequate physical
examination. The main treatment of the Corpus Alienum case is the extraction of the
foreign object in order to relieve the symptoms as well as to prevent further
complications. The medicinal treatment that should be considered after the extraction
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Keywords: Oculi trauma, Corpus alienum, extraction

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