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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Dec 3;12:CD005431. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005431.pub3

Table 6.

Risk of optic atrophy

Study Test intervention No. with outcome/No. in group Control intervention No. with outcome Total No./No. with outcome
Aminocaproic acid
Crouch 1976 Oral aminocaproic acid 0/32 Placebo 2/27 2/59
Crouch 1997 Oral aminocaproic acid 0/29 Topical aminocaproic acid 0/35 0/64
Tranexamic acid
Varnek 1980 Tranexamic acid 1/102 Conservative treatment 0/130 1/232
Cortisone
Zetterstrom 1969 Atropine plus cortisone eyedrops 0/58 Conservative treatment 1/59 1/117
Nondrug medical interventions
Read 1974 Moderate ambulatory activity, patching and shielding of injured eye NR Bed rest with elevation of the head, bilateral patches and eye shield NR 8/137

NR: not reported.