Microsurgical Vitrectomy with Pars Plana Incision for the Removal of Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Bodies

Table 2

General data for the entire study population.

Patient no.	Age (years)	IOFB entrance site	Size of IOFB (mm)	Property of IOFB	Time to IOFB removal (days)	Time to cataract surgery (days)	Lens status	VH	Retina tear or detachment (tamponade)	Baseline BCVA (LogMAR)	Final BCVA (LogMAR)	Follow-up(months)
1	26	C/I/L	2  3  5	Magnetic	4	4	Totally opaque	+	−	2.3	0.2	25
2	47	C/I/SL	3  5  6	Magnetic	1	Not done	Cortex cataract	+	+ silicone oil	2.3	1.9	30
3	55	Limbal/SL	2  2  3	Magnetic	30	90	Cortex cataract	−	+ silicone oil	0.6	1.4	24
4	48	C/I/L	3  5  10	Magnetic	2	2	Totally opaque	+	+ silicone oil	2.3	1.3	21
5	54	C/I/L	2  2  3	Nonmagnetic	11	11	Totally opaque	+	+	2.7	1.9	20
6	32	Limbal	2  8  10	Nonmagnetic	7	Aphakic	Aphakic	−	−	1.9	0.5	20
7	50	Sclera	2  4  7	Magnetic	7	Not done	Cortex cataract	+	+ silicone oil	1.9	0.9	15
8	56	Sclera	1.5  2  2	Nonmagnetic	7	Aphakic	Aphakic	+	−	1	0.7	15
9	30	C/L	3  5  6	Magnetic	1	1	Totally opaque	+	+ silicone oil	2.7	1.9	32
10	49	Sclera	2  3  5	Magnetic	7	Not done	Clear	+	+ silicone oil	1.9	0.4	14
11	32	C/L	2  2  3	Magnetic	1	1	Totally opaque	+	+ silicone oil	1.9	0.6	14
12	38	Sclera	2  2  3	Magnetic	7	Not done	Cortex cataract	+	+	1.9	0.6	14
13	42	Limbal	2  2  3	Magnetic	3	Not done	Cortex cataract	−	−	1.9	0.4	12
14	50	C/L	3  4  5	Magnetic	4	4	Totally opaque	+	−	2.3	0.7	12
15	28	Sclera	2  2  5	Magnetic	7	Not done	Clear	+	+ silicone oil	2.3	0.5	10
16	36	Sclera	2  3  5	Magnetic	7	Not done	Clear	+	+ silicone oil	2.3	0.6	10

C: cornea; I: iris; L: lens; SL: suspensory ligament; IOFB: intraocular foreign body; VH: vitreous haemorrhage; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity.