A case of retinal detachment resulting from air bag deployment
Emergency Care Journal, cilt.19, sa.1, 2023 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.4081/ecj.2023.11039
- Dergi Adı: Emergency Care Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: motor vehicle accident, airbag-mediated injury, eye injury, head injury, retinal detachment
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) can result in death or serious injury to the driver and passengers in case the airbags are not deployed. However, airbags can themselves cause ocular injuries of a varying degree of severity. We report the case of a 41-year-old female patient who reported facial bone fractures and a retinal detachment after her air bag deflated during a car accident. On admission to the Emergency Department (ED) the patient com-plained of facial pain, swelling and redness in the eye. Orbital CT imaging documented a fragmented fracture line displaced into the maxillary sinus at the floor of right orbit, post-traumatic changes in preorbital skin and in the right globe vitreous, an appearance thought to belong to hyperdense hemorrhage. The patient was taken to emergency operation due to retinal detachment in her right eye.