Traumatic hyphema.
This report contains a study in retrospect of 50 patients treated for traumatic hyphema between 1964 and 1974 at the Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, California. The prognosis for visual acuity is summarized in 3 distinct groups. The 50 patients studied were all treated in a similar manner by conservative method of bed rest with elevation of the head from 20 to 30 degrees and binocular patching. A review of our statistics, we believe, warrants this conservative method of treatment.
D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity