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Traumatic hyphema.

C D Fritch
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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.

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C D Fritch. 1976. Traumatic hyphema.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/984640/

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