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Ophthalmology Journal Club
New Orleans

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(6):818-820.

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To the Editor.

—We discussed with much interest the article entitled "Aminocaproic Acid Decreases Secondary Hemorrhage After Traumatic Hyphema" by McGetrick et al¹ in our monthly journal club. The results of the study, although impressive, raised a number of questions that the article did not address.

First, we were curious as to why 46 of the 49 patients in this 1-year study had manifesting hyphemas filling less than 25% of the anterior chamber. Did most of the patients with hyphemas filling greater than 25% of the anterior chamber "require immediate surgical intervention"? In view of this select population, is it correct to extrapolate the effects of the aminocaproic acid to hyphemas greater than 25% as McGetrick et al did when they "strongly suggest that aminocaproic acid be used routinely in the management of nonperforated traumatic hyphemas"? Read² cautioned that "systemic aminocaproic acid should be used only in hyphemas . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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