This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Articles for Residents  • Alert me on articles by topic

Daniel P. Joseph, MD, PhD; Travis A. Meredith, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1574.

Retained intraocular BBs are difficult to remove. According to manufacturers' specifications, BBs have a spherical diameter of 4.5 mm and a copper plate covering a steel core. They have only moderate magnetic properties because of the copper plate cover and they are too large to be grasped by almost all intraocular forceps and, therefore, present a problem when they are retained in the eye after injury.

From the Barnes Retina Institute, St Louis, Mo. The authors have no financial interest in the BB Forceps, Synergetics Inc, St Charles, Mo.