Surgical repair of corneal laceration and anterior lens capsule rupture

A patient presents to our resident ophthalmology clinic with a 1-day history of a nail piercing his eye while doing construction work. Fortunately, the trauma is not high speed and the damage is limited to the anterior segment of the eye. There is a central corneal laceration and the anterior lens capsule has been ruptured, as seen in Figure 1. The posterior lens capsule is intact, and there is no posterior segment trauma. No retained foreign bodies are found.
There are three options for surgical repair:
1. Close the corneal (Read more...)

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