Technique for removing a fishhook from the posterior segment of the eye.

A man was admitted to the hospital with a penetrating injury to the eye caused by a fishhook. One of the current techniques for removing cutaneously embedded hooks was used to remove it. This technique, in conjunction with detachment surgery, resulted in the successful restoration of vision in our patient. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the successful removal of a fishhook that penetrated the retina and lay within the vitreous of the eye.