Hyphema is a common consequence of mechanical ocular trauma. Blood in the anterior chamber (hyphema)can occur after blunt or lacerating trauma. Traumatic hyphema is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The paper proves to show the influence of new strategies in therapy of primary glaucoma, on the number of trabeculectomies performed.
Material And Methods: Sex, age, kind of glaucoma and indications to the surgery in patients treated in the Municipal Hospital of Gdynia in the years 1992-2003 have been analyzed.
Results: The number of hospitalized females was much higher than males.