This was a retrospective study of all patients with traumatic hyphaema due to closed globe injury, who were admitted to the eye ward of UCH, Ibadan, between January 1997 and December 2006.
The most common clinical finding was macroscopic hyphaema occurring in 87.5% of patients. Overall the final visual acuity was 6/6 in 92.5% of patients. Conclusions—The incidence of eye injury due to ...
80 injuries were non-penetrating and 5 were penetrating. There were 58 cases with hyphaema, 36 with secondary glaucoma, 23 with lens subluxation and 2 with retinal detachment. Surgery comprised ...