212. IOFB Snare

Today’s case comes from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, submitted by retina fellow Dr. Andrew Farag under the supervision of attending Dr. Muhammad Shamim. They’ll demonstrate for us a clever technique for removing an irregular, cylindrical intraocular foreign body using a Flex Loop as a snare, turning a potentially awkward, unstable object into a well-controlled extraction. Let’s take a look at how they secure the IOFB, and deliver it safely out of the eye.  Thank you Drs. Farag and Shamim for sharing this case!

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