[A large intraocular foreign body]

Penetrating wounds to the eyeball with penetration of a foreign body at the posterior segment are often extremely serious for the eye. The equipment available to extract them can sometimes be inadequate.

We report the case of a 38-year-old man hospitalized for a penetrating wound of the eyeball with a voluminous foreign body incarcerated in the retina. Because of the size of the foreign body it could not be extracted with the usual forceps. We describe the assembly put together during the intervention using an intramuscular needle and 7/0 virgin silk that allowed its extraction.

This lasso provides a very effective, easy and nontraumatic grasp of voluminous foreign bodies in the vitreal cavity.