A Clinical Study on Trauamtic Hyphema in Chunbuk area.

Chung, Jin Woog; Cho, Nam Chun; Han, Hong Joo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1996;37(4):685-691.
Published online April 1, 1996.

A Clinical Study on Trauamtic Hyphema in Chunbuk area.

Jin Woog Chung, Nam Chun Cho, Hong Joo Han

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chunbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.

전북지역에서 발생한 외상성 전방출혈의 임상적 고찰

정진욱(Jin Woog Chung),조남천(Nam Chun Cho),한홍주(Hong Joo Han)

Abstract

A retrospective study was made of 334 consecutive cases of traumatic hyphema in the rural Chonbuk population. The average age of these patients was 26.2 years with the majority being male(91.9%). The major causes of traumatic hyphema were blow injuries(166 patients, 49.7%). The only 13 aptients(3.9%) had agriculture related injuries. Secondary hemorrhage occured in 23(6.9%) of all patient, and mainly between the second and fourth day following admission. A separate group of 88 patients(26.3%) who were admitted to hospital 24 hours or more after sustaining injury were found to have a secondary hemorrhage rate of 10.2%(nine of 88 patients). No secondary hemorrhage occured in Grade 0 hyphema. 22 eyes(6.5%) had a final visual acuity of 0.3 or worse. Retinal pathology,not hemorrhage, was most often responsible among those patients suffering poor visual outcome. In this study on the population of Chunbuk province, some patients were treated late, and had a high incidence of secondary hemorrhge.

Key Words: Delayed treatment;Retinal pathology;Secondary hemorrhage;Traumatic hyphema