What are the long term effects of corneal laceration ?

[IDH1111]

Hello, I about 1 month ago I had a corneal laceration while playing racquetball. I was wearing normal eye glasses and the ball hit right eye glass which broke and had lacerated the cornea.

As far as I know,

the laceration is not right over the pupil.

It is between 1'o clock to 5'o clock a vertical and then a sharp turn in the end. (like a tick mark)

There are 10 sutures. There is some iris held up in the sutures (from the detailed study of eye specialist)

So, my question is:

Will I improve after the sutures are removed as the iris is being restricted by sutures ?

As of now, I can see things but there is astigmatism.

I am not asking for an exact answer to my situation but how bad can it be after suture removal and completely healed up cornea.

Will I be able to get rid of astigmatism at the least ?

Thanks for your time.

[JohnHaganMD]

In the vernacular the prognosis is guarded. It is unlikely your eye will recover normal vision. It is possible your vision might not improve any even after removal of the sutures. If the eye was hit that forcefully there is a possibility of damage to the retina, macula or optic nerve.  Traumatic cataract or traumatic glaucoma are also possible.  Start immediately to protect your good eye from another injury, eye disease and eye damage from unhealthy lifestyle and habits such as smoking. You will need to wear glasses even if the good eye does not need a prescription for eye protection. You need to start thinking eye safety and avoiding eye hazardous activities. Sorry I could not be more optimistic.