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Aminocaproic acid prophylaxis in traumatic hyphema
T W Wilson1, J B Jeffers, L B Nelson
1Cataract and Primary Eye Care, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa 19107.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
Oral aminocaproic acid has been shown to be effective in clot stabilization and in the reduction of secondary bleeding rates in cases of traumatic hyphema. In a retrospective study of 105 patients treated during a 1-year period, we found the incidence of rebleeding in patients with traumatic hyphema who received aminocaproic acid prophylaxis was 2%; the incidence in those who did not was 25%.