Man's Eye Socket Found With 12cm Maple Branch Fragment

Moscow. A 50-year-old man in Russia has a 12-centimeter long piece of branch fragment found in his eye socket. The name of the victim is Yuri. He is a resident of Rilsk city. In 2024, he was trimming a maple branch in his garden. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his left eye. At that time, he was not wearing glasses to protect his eye. He did not pay much attention, thinking that a piece of wood had entered his eye.

After some time, when the pain subsided, he forgot about the incident, thinking it was not serious. However, even after that, he continued to experience pain and discomfort in his left eye from time to time. Despite seeing various eye doctors, the clear cause of the pain could not be found. Nor did the treatment have any significant effect. In recent months, his condition worsened—the pain became unbearable and his left eye's vision also started to weaken. Some time ago, he was admitted to Kursk Regional Hospital. 

An MRI scan revealed a long foreign object extending from the eye to the deep part of the head. According to the hospital report, the object shown by the CT scan was actually a 12-centimeter long piece of branch, which had caused damage to the eye, sinus area, and the inside of the skull. It was found to be dangerously close to important structures of the brain.

Doctors were able to successfully remove the piece of wood through surgery via the nose without external incision. After the piece of branch was removed from his eye, Yuri was stunned, and he remembered the incident of cutting the maple branch. It is reported that after the successful surgery, his vision was saved and he is gradually improving. According to doctors, he is currently undergoing medication and is expected to make a full recovery.

 Although this incident is rare, such strange incidents are sometimes seen in the medical field. Some time ago, news came from China that a man had been walking around with a piece of metal chopstick in his neck for eight years.