JAMMU, May 15 -- The Department of Ophthalmology at AIIMS Jammu has achieved a remarkable milestone by successfully restoring vision in a middle-aged patient who presented to the Eye OPD with severe ocular trauma sustained while gardening. The patient was cutting grass with an iron sickle when a small fragment of the sickle struck his eye. He was immediately rushed to AIIMS Jammu. On clinical examination, the patient was found to have corneal perforation and traumatic cataract, and an intraocular foreign body (IOFB) was suspected. Diagnostic imaging, including ultrasound B-scan and CT scan, confirmed the presence of a metallic foreign body measuring approximately 5 mm lodged within the posterior segment of the eye.
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