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Inchingoloetal.HeadFaceMedicine2010,6:28 /content/6/1/28 HEAD FACE MEDICINE SHORT REPORT OpenAccess Fish-hookinjuries:ariskforfishermen FrancescoInchingolo1*,MarcoTatullo2,FabioMAbenavoli3,AlessioDInchingolo4, AngeloMInchingolo5,GiannaDipalma6 Abstract Fishingisoneofthebestknownandpracticedhumanactivities.However,youshouldrememberthat,whencast- ingthehookfromtheriverbankorgraspingittoaddbait,fishermenrunarealriskofinjuryifthehookpunctures theskin. Brieflywedescribeacasewhereayoung,32-year-oldfishermanwhowasreelingthehookbacktoshorewhenit hithiminthefaceandembeddeditselfinhisuppereyelid.Uponexamination,theeyewasfoundtobe unharmedandthehookwasremovedthroughasmallincisionandtheaidofalocalanesthetic. Inthelightofthiscasereport,wethinkitagoodideatoadviseourfriendsandpatientswhoweknowtobefish- ermentowearsomeformofeyeprotectionasaprecaution. Introduction being a fishing enthusiast, wanted to go back to the Fishing is one of the best known and practiced human rivertopickupwhereheleftoff. activities. Fishing with a rod and hook is probably the most common and popular form, partly because you Conclusions canfishfromtheriverbankorseashore,usingyourown Ocularfishhookinjuriescancausesevereoculartrauma skill toachieve excellent results. Eventhoughthereare [1-7].Aielloetal.reportedfivecasesofpenetratingocu- noparticularprecautionsorwarningsforamateurfish- larfishhookinjuriesandshowedthatwithappropriated ermen, it is important to keep in mind some possible surgical techniques excellent visual outcome can be complications related to the sport. In particular, you achievedinthesecases.Appropriatetechniqueshaveto shouldrememberthat,whencastingthehookfromthe be employed to remove the fishhook and avoid major riverbank or grasping it to add bait, fishermen run a damage to the eyelid anatomy [8]. Penetrating eyelid real risk of injury if the hook punctures the skin. The injury, particularly from fishhooks, is common, with a injury may be limited if there are no