Extracting magnetic intraocular foreign body via the incision of cataract surgery.

Objective To investigate the practicable of extracting magnetic intraocular foreign body with electromagnet via incision of cataract surgery.Method Four eyes of traumatic cataract and magnetic intraocular foreign body in the vitreous were treated by extracting cataract and foreign body via incision of cataract surgery and anterior chamber with electromagnet.Results The intraocular foreign bodies were extracted successfully at frist surgery in all cases,but these patients had to accepted the second surgery of vitrectomy for the complications of vitreous opacity and retinal detachment after the first surgery.Conclusion The way of extracting magnetic intraocular foreign body via the incision of cataract surgery is not practicable.