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Posterior capsule rupture after a paint-pellet injury
1Section of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001, USA. william.j.rosen@Hitchcock.ORG
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
|October 6, 2000
Abstract:
We report a case in which a high-velocity paint pellet injury to the eye ruptured the posterior lens capsule. In the setting of blunt trauma, posterior capsule rupture has rarely been reported. Recognizing such a rupture allows the surgeon to plan the best surgical approach.
