- The handle missed his right eyeball, but still penetrated one of his eye muscles.
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Surgeons had to remove a brake lever from a man’s eye after a bloody motorcycle accident.
Stomach-churning images show the mango embedded in the right eye socket of an unidentified 19-year-old.
Sharing details of the bizarre incident in a medical journal, Malaysian doctors told how it missed his eyeball by millimeters but fractured its socket.
Doctors revealed he escaped with no lasting vision problems and maintained his 20/20 vision following the freak accident.
It is believed firefighters had to cut the bike’s brake lever at the scene of the accident.
Sharing details of the bizarre incident in a medical journal, Malaysian doctors told how it missed his eyeball by millimeters but fractured its socket. Doctors revealed that she escaped with no lasting vision problems and maintained her 20/20 vision following the freak accident.
Stomach-churning images show the mango embedded in the right eye socket of an unidentified 19-year-old. It is believed firefighters had to cut the bike’s brake lever at the scene of the accident.
Upon arrival at the Universiti Malaya Eye Research Center in Kuala Lumpur, The man’s eye was sore and swollen.
Doctors found that his retina, the layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that helps us see, was damaged and cloudy.
CT scans showed that the bicycle handle had been punctured under the eyeball and damaged the bone around the nose.
The lever, of unspecified length, had missed the pupil or vital nerves, preventing long-term nerve damage.
An ECG, a test that records the electrical activity of the heart, also revealed that he had an abnormal heart rate of between 45 and 48 beats per minute.
According to the British Heart Foundation, a normal resting rhythm should be between 60 and 100 beats per minute.
Doctors diagnosed him with oculocardiac reflex (OCR), when pressure on the eye muscles causes a drop in heart rate.
The man was rushed to surgery, where they successfully removed the handle, along with damaged tissue, stitched the wound, and repaired his eyelid.
A follow-up appointment six months later found that his vision had returned to normal. The damage to her retina had also healed. In an article in the American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, doctors said her right eye still appeared sunken about 5 mm. However, the man refused any further treatment.
The damaged bone around his nose was also repaired with two screws.
Doctors did not reveal when he was discharged or provide further details about his accident.
A follow-up appointment six months later found that his vision had returned to normal. The damage to her retina had also healed.
writing in the American Journal of Ophthalmology Case ReportsDoctors said his right eye still appeared sunken about 5 mm.
However, the man refused further treatment.
Only a few cases of OCR caused by the penetration of an object into the body have been published to date, doctors said.
Studies have shown that OCR can be fatal if not treated promptly, with complications of the condition, such as autonomic dysreflexia (an overreaction of the autonomic nervous system), “difficult and complex to manage.”
