Clinical Significance of Ultrasound Biomicroscopy in Early Stage of Traumatic Hyphema.
10.3341/jkos.2010.51.1.106
- Author:
Dong Ho CHANG
1
;
Pyung LEE
;
Seung Chan LEE
;
Kyung Hyun JIN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, KyungHee University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. khjinmd@khmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Angle-opening distance 500 (AOD 500);
Traumatic hyphema;
Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM)
- MeSH:
Blood Coagulation;
Eye;
Humans;
Hyphema;
Microscopy, Acoustic
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2010;51(1):106-111
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
