Changes in anterior chamber depth and angle-recession, late complications to ocular contusion.
Of 46 patients consecutively admitted to hospital for ocular contusion with hyphaema in 1964 and 1965, 30 patients were followed-up somewhat more than 10 years later in order to assess late complications. Angle-recession was observed in 17 (57%), while none had developed glaucoma. An average increase in depth of the anterior chamber of 0.06 mm in the affected eye was observed; this differences is highly significant with P less than 0.005. However, as these changes are small in individual patients, measurement of the increase in anterior chamber depth can only be a supplement to gonioscopy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged