Radeck, Viola Maria Margarete and Helbig, Horst and Barth, Teresa and Gamulescu, Andreea and Maerker, David and Wolf, Armin (2023) Are Retinal Detachments Becoming More Frequent? Data from 2 University Eye Clinics and Literature Review. KLINISCHE MONATSBLATTER FUR AUGENHEILKUNDE, 240 (09). pp. 1046-1051. ISSN 0023-2165, 1439-3999
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There have been marked increases in the numbers of patients with retinal detachments at individual centres in recent years and this is supported by the subjective impression of many experts. We therefore surveyed the literature on changes in the incidence of retinal detachments worldwide. This revealed quite significant methodological differences between the studies, so that it was difficult to achieve a conclusive comparison of the development of the incidence of retinal detachment. Despite these limitations, all data from recent studies suggest an increase in the number of retinal detachments. The incidence of retinal detachment in the western world currently seems to be more than 20 cases per 100,000 person-years, which is significantly higher than described in earlier decades. It can be assumed that an increase in the number of individuals with myopia, a demographic increase in patients of the typical age group for retinal detachment and an increasing number of cataract surgeries, especially in younger patients, are responsible for the rising incidence of retinal detachment.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; SURGERY; RISK; PREVALENCE; IMPACT; MYOPIA; retinal detachment; incidence; myopia; pseudophakia |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Augenheilkunde |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2024 09:08 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2024 09:08 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/59567 |
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