'The extent of the injuries and how devastating the outcomes were for these patients was surprising,' said Dr. Shivam Amin.
Dr. Amin and his colleagues at University of Chicago Medicine wanted to research the long-lasting impact of paintball assaults on the eye.
"The extent of the injuries and how devastating the outcomes were for these patients was surprising," he said.looked at data from 20 victims hit in Chicago paintball attacks. Many needed surgery, and in six cases their eyeballs actually ruptured, requiring stitches. "We sew the eye back together and fill it with material to … help it maintain its normal shape," said Dr. Amin."They're weapons. It's a malicious act," said Chicago Police Deputy Chief Ernesto Cato in October 2020, after CPDwith several more attacks in 2021"We're always concerned when someone suffers any sort of injury that results in permanent vision damage, because you only have two eyes," said Dr. Amin.Dr.
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