[Methods of comprehensive multifunctional examination of patients with penetrating fragmentation injuries of eye].

The study was aimed at validating the efficacy of all available diagnostic methods for the detection and removal of foreign bodies in the eyes. A total of 563 patients with penetrating fragmentation injuries to the eyes were observed. The advantages and drawbacks of each method for the diagnosis of intraocular foreign bodies are analyzed and causes of differences in the localization of a fragment by different methods discussed. The authors consider that these discrepancies are caused by 1) use of standard schematic size during x-ray localization of a fragment without amendment for the true size of the eyeball; 2) movements of a nonfixed foreign body in the eye; and 3) errors in diagnostic manipulations (dislocation of the indicator prosthesis, wrong position of the eyeball or the probing device). Hence, a complex of diagnostic methods is to be used for localizing intraocular foreign bodies.