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Abstract
Fifty-five patients who had received an intraocular foreign body as a result of using
a hammer were identified during a 4-year period. Of these, 36 had suffered the injury
while at work and 19 while undertaking do-it-yourself activities at home. None had
been wearing suitable protection. Seven patients were bystanders and not actually
wielding the hammer. Twenty-three patients had a final visual acuity in the affected
eye of 6/24 or worse.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 23,
1986
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© 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.
