Traumatic avulsion of the globe and optic nerve in a road traffic accident

Ritesh Verma; Manisha Rathi; Sumit Sachdeva; C. S. Dhull; Jitender Phogat

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174857

Authors

Ritesh Verma Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, Rohtak
Manisha Rathi Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, Rohtak
Sumit Sachdeva Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, Rohtak
C. S. Dhull Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, Rohtak
Jitender Phogat Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, Rohtak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174857

Keywords:

Road traffic accident, Avulsion of optic nerve

Abstract

Road traffic accident is one of the important causes of ocular trauma. There is a need for strict traffic rules in third world countries where a majority of people travel on two wheelers and that too without a helmet. People generally tend to over speed or try to fit in their children on a two wheeler in our country. In this case report, we present a case of complete avulsion of eye ball and optic nerve in a patient of a road traffic accident. There are no documented cases of avulsion of the globe and optic nerve due to a road traffic accident in the available literature.

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