Citation

Solmaz İA, Tekerekoğlu B. J. Craniofac. Surg. 2015; 26(4): 1326-1327.

Affiliation

*Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Department, Dünya Göz Hospital †Plastic Surgery Department, Esteworld Hospital, Istanbul Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/SCS.0000000000001706

PMID

26080186

Abstract

Aim of this report is to present a patient who has had a retrobulbar bullet in his left orbit after gunshot injury and had full recovery after surgery. A Syrian boy aged 2.5 years was referred to our emergency after a gunshot injury from left temple. First examination showed stable vital functions; the boy was conscious but had marked proptosis and edema on the left eye. Left intraorbital bullet was observed in X-ray and computed tomography. The exact localization of the bullet and the integrity of the left eye cannot be determined because of shining in computed tomography. Under general anesthesia, lateral and inferior orbitotomy was performed and 3-cm long bullet was excised, which was obliquely localized in the retrobulbar, intraconal area. Ten days later, the patient was sent to his homeland with almost full recovery and minimum sequela.

Language: en