title: Incidence of accommodative impairment following traumatic hyphema.
abstract: To examine the effect of traumatic hyphema on accommodation, we reviewed the records of 158 patients (159 eyes) admitted to hospital between Jan. 1, 1988, and Dec. 31, 1989, for treatment of traumatic hyphema. A sample of 30 patients were examined an average of 29.6 months after injury, and 2 (7%) were found to have accommodative impairment of greater than 2.5 dioptres. Post-traumatic accommodative impairment may cause prolonged reading disability requiring asymmetric spectacle correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Thériault
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000293:injuries; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*