TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage
T2 - Etiology and management
AU - Winslow, R. L.
AU - Taylor, B. C.
PY - 1980/11
Y1 - 1980/11
N2 - Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage, without trauma, accounted for 317 patients (375 eyes) seen during a four-year period from July 1, 1975, to June 30, 1979. The most common causes were proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 39.2%; retinal tear, 12.1%; posterior vitreous detachment, 12%; vein occlusion, 10.4%; retinal detachment, 6.7%; intraocular lens, 3.2%; proliferative sickle retinopathy, 1.3%; miscellaneous, 7.4%; and unknown, 6.7%. Emphasis is placed on the importance of establishing the specific cause so that specific therapy may be instituted.
AB - Spontaneous vitreous hemorrhage, without trauma, accounted for 317 patients (375 eyes) seen during a four-year period from July 1, 1975, to June 30, 1979. The most common causes were proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 39.2%; retinal tear, 12.1%; posterior vitreous detachment, 12%; vein occlusion, 10.4%; retinal detachment, 6.7%; intraocular lens, 3.2%; proliferative sickle retinopathy, 1.3%; miscellaneous, 7.4%; and unknown, 6.7%. Emphasis is placed on the importance of establishing the specific cause so that specific therapy may be instituted.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-198011000-00009
DO - 10.1097/00007611-198011000-00009
M3 - Article
C2 - 7444506
AN - SCOPUS:0019293736
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 73
SP - 1450
EP - 1452
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 11
ER -