J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
2010 Jan;51(1):106-111.
Clinical Significance of Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in Early Stage of Traumatic Hyphema
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, KyungHee University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khjinmd@khmc.or.kr
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Kangwon University, College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
Abstract
- PURPOSE
To evaluate the clinical significance of angle-opening distance 500 (AOD500) using ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) in the early stage of traumatic hyphema.
METHODS
The participants of this study were 46 hospitalized traumatic hyphema patients. We measured the quantity of initial blood clotting using a slit-lamp and the range of angle recession, AOD500 using UBM and then reviewed the relationship between the two.
RESULTS
The difference of AOD500 in the traumatic and the non-traumatic eye measured by UBM at admission increased significantly in the wider recessed angle group (p=0.008), but did not increase at a statistically significantly level in the larger initial blood clot grade group (> or =Grade 2).
CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that the measurement of the angle-opening distance of both eyes using UBM will aid in evaluating the range of angle recession in patients in the early stage of traumatic hyphema.
