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Penetrating Ocular Injury with Retained Broomstick in a Nigerian Male Child

OC Oluwole, OT Ogunleye, OA Sotiloye, AJ Oduegwu, BO Omolase, AA Egberongbe

This is the report of a five year old Nigerian male child who presented at our eye center on April 06, 2021. The patient had left eye Grade 11 penetrating eye injury with retained broomstick. The patient had removal of the retained foreign body and corneal repair with 9/0 nylon the following day. The procedure was well tolerated and patient did well on topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, cycloplegic agent, topical and systemic antibiotics. In view of the traumatic cataract patient had, he was to have secondary surgical intervention when inflammation resolved fully. The need for children to be well supervised while exploring the environment in a bid to prevent ocular injury cannot be overemphasized. The fact that traditional eye medication was not applied coupled with prompt presentation and surgical intervention contributed to the successful outcome of management at the time of this report. Prompt presentation following ocular injury with or without retained foreign body most especially in children is recommended.