A Clinical Study on the Traumatic Hyphema.

Rhee, Heung Yong; Han, Kyung Sook

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(4):505-509.
Published online April 1, 1980.

A Clinical Study on the Traumatic Hyphema.

Heung Yong Rhee, Kyung Sook Han

Department of Ophthalmology, Han Gang Sung Shim Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

외상성 전방출혈에 대한 임상적 고찰

한경숙(Kyung Sook Han),이흥용(Heung Yong Lee)

Abstract

Authors have experienced 30 cases of traumatic hyphema for the recent 3 years. We treated all the patients by absolute bed rest. binocular patches, enzyme and osmotherapy, and in some cases, anterior chamber irrigation was performed. The following conclusions were obtained; 1) It took 2~3 1/2 days to be absorbed in the cases of hyphema less than one-quarter volume of anterior chamber. 2) It took 4-16 days in the cases of total hyphema. 3) In most cases of hyphema more than three-quarters volume of anterior chamber, they were associated with other ocular injuries and also shawed poar visual prognosis.