Abstract
The purpose of the work was to creation of a standardized model of a gunshot penetrating wound of the eye without an intraocular foreign body. The wound was inflicted by a specially made projectile. The shot was fired from an air rifle with modulated pumping of a compression pump. A set of shells (specially made and standard) was used, and they were weighed with laboratory analytical scales. The velocity of the projectiles was recorded with a ballistic chronograph. The parameters of the shot were previously worked out on a bar of ballistic plasticine, then on 11 heads of cadaver rabbits (22 eyes). 4 series of experiments were performed. We studied the flight speed of projectiles, the nature of their flight and the meeting with the target (plasticine, cadaver eyes). The nature of the eye injury (type of injury) was analyzed depending on the energy (based on speed and mass) and aerodynamic characteristics of the projectile. According to preliminary results, a decision was made to modernize the standard projectile. A projectile has been upgraded to meet external ballistic characteristics to create a standardized model of a gunshot penetrating wound to the eye without an intraocular foreign body. The specified wound parameters were as follows: the distance from the muzzle of the air rifle to the target was 30 cm. Shots were fired into the sclera projection area 2–3 mm from the limb. The parameters of the shot were as follows: the mass of the upgraded projectile was 0.54‒0.55 g, two pumps of the rifle's air pump. The parameters used provided a speed range of 40–46 m/s. In an experiment on laboratory animals, pathogenetic factors characteristic of a gunshot injury to the eye were reproduced. This made it possible in 100 % of cases to reproduce an injury simila to a gunshot penetrating injury to the eye without an intraocular foreign body (an open eye injury of type B). Keywords: pneumatic installation, standardized experimental model, gunshot open globe injury
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