Hyphema

In the Dec. 10, 2023, issue of Healio | OSN, Binotti and Alwreikat present an interesting trauma case: a man falling and hitting his face.

Patients with glaucoma treated with the Omni surgical system in the GEMINI study experienced a statistically significant reduction in both IOP and IOP-lowering medications.

All ophthalmologists have seen a hyphema: blood in the anterior chamber, often after significant ocular trauma. In many cases, this blood is just a small amount, and it resolves over the course of days to weeks as aqueous in the anterior chamber turns over. In some situations, however, the hyphema can be so severe that it nearly completely fills the anterior chamber and creates a large clot that does not clear without surgical intervention.

On the court and in the field of play, the risk for sports-related eye injuries is prevalent. Knowing how to properly treat the injuries as well as wearing the proper gear may not only reduce the severity of the injury, but also may prevent eye injury.

Opacity limiting the surgeon’s view of the posterior segment was the leading cause for IOL removal during vitreoretinal surgery, according to a study.

LAS VEGAS – Justin Schweitzer, OD, said here at Vision Expo West that the increase in the number of glaucoma patients necessitates optometrists’ involvement in both long- and short-term postoperative management. ODs must monitor patients who underwent minimally invasive glaucoma surgery for hyphema, hypotony and IOP spikes. In addition, glaucoma medications should be removed one at a time, after 1 week, once target pressure is met.