Case report on a child with a penetrating orbital injury from wood

Abstract

Background: Penetrating orbital injury is relatively infrequent in life, these injuries can be globe involving or globe sparing and it can also be sight threatening and life threatening if not promptly managed. Intervention: Patient was in supine position under general  anaesthesia in conjunction with the ENT  surgeons wood was removed.

Conclusion: It is commoner in young males, where wood/ Sticks are the common agents. We present a 9  year old male with a wooden  penetrating injury to the nasal aspect or the orbit accidentally from his younger  sibling.