TY - JOUR T1 - Prognosis of perforating eye injury. JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 737 LP - 739 DO - 10.1136/bjo.60.11.737 VL - 60 IS - 11 AU - H P Adhikary AU - P Taylor AU - D J Fitzmaurice Y1 - 1976/11/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/60/11/737.abstract N2 - The assessment of visual function in a series of 130 consecutive patients of perforating eye injuries, revealed that visual acuity of 6/12 or better was regained in 63 per cent, between 6/60 and 6/18 in 9-2 per cent, less than 6/60 in 15-3 per cent, and enucleation was necessary in 9-2 per cent. In 3 per cent, the eyes were retained as blind, symptomfree, and cosmetically satisfactory organs. Two eyes were found to develop complete traumatic aniridia. None in the series was found to have sympathetic ophthalmitis. ER -