title: Factors influencing prognosis in indirect traumatic rupture of the globe.
abstract: Fifty indirect traumatic ruptures of the globe were reviewed in order to isolate factors important in determining the visual outcome: (1) The presence of a hyphema at the initial examination is a very bad prognostic sign. (2) A small rupture carries a better prognosis than a large rupture (arbitrary dividing line, 9 mm). (3) Cryotherapy or diatherapy used at the wound edge at the time of surgical repair improves prognosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003452:Cryosurgery; D003972:Diathermy; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012421:Rupture; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications