Characteristics | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 |
Sex | Female | Male | Male | Female | Female |
Age (years) | 56 | 55 | 53 | 2 | 41 |
Cause | By accident | Suicide | Intentional injury | By accident | By accident |
Nature of the foreign bodies | Umbrella rib | Chinese rose branch | Chopsticks | Pencil | Brake lever |
Parts involved | Left eye, pharyngeal, neck, right chest | Right eye, right maxillary sinus, nasal septum, left nasopharyngeal wall | Left eye to parapharyngeal space | Right orbital, right ethmoid sinus | Left eye; the left side of the maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinuses; left frontal lobe |
Time from injury to medical treatment | 3 hours | 4 hours | 16 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours |
Length of preoperative hospitalization | 3 hours | 10 hours | 5 hours | 7 hours | 5 hours |
Operation method | Tracheotomy, right neck exploration; removal of a foreign body under thoracoscopic and nasal endoscopic visualization; repair of lung rupture; debridement and suture of eyelid laceration | DSA of right common carotid artery; removal of a right intraorbital foreign body plus ophthalmoscopy; removal of a nasal foreign body under nasal endoscopy; hemostasis of epistaxis | DSA of bilateral common carotid artery; removal of a left orbital craniofacial foreign body | Removal of an ethmoid sinus foreign body | Removal of an intracranial foreign body; suture of the left eyeball rupture; eyelid laceration suture; lumbar puncture and catheter drainage |
Multidisciplinary team | Otolaryngology, ophthalmology, thoracic surgery | Ophthalmology, otolaryngology, interventional department | Otolaryngology, ophthalmology, interventional department | Otolaryngology, ophthalmology, | Ophthalmology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology |
Sequela | No | No | No | No | Vision loss in the left eye |
Outcome | Recovery | Recovery | Recovery | Recovery | Recovery |