CLINICAL FEATURES AND SURGICAL OUTCOMES OF PEDIATRIC RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT

• DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e318194fd1a
• Publication Date: 2009-05-21T20:50:34Z
• Authors: MASOUD SOHEILIAN; ALIREZA RAMEZANI; MOHSEN MALIHI; MEHDI YASERI; HAMID AHMADIEH; MOHAMMAD H. DEHGHAN; MOHSEN AZARMINA; SIAMAK MORADIAN; GHOLAM A. PEYMAN
• Keywords: Etiology

In Brief Purpose: To evaluate the clinical features and functional anatomical outcomes after surgical intervention in pediatric rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Methods: this retrospective case series, patients with detachment who had were included. Cases categorized into five main etiology groups: congenital or developmental (48 eyes); trauma (54 myopia alone (12 previous intraocular surgery (10 miscellaneous (3 eyes). Patients' demographic, clinical, outcomes, as well fellow eye findings evaluated. Results: One hundred twenty-seven eyes of 108 (mean age: 12.1 ± 4.1 year, 80.6% male) Scleral buckling was initial procedure 31% vitrectomy 63%. Mean follow-up 34 21 months (median 33 months). Retinal reattachment at last achieved 74.9% eyes. Visual acuity ≥20/200 14% preoperatively 47.9% final (P = 0.001). pathologies (mostly lattice degeneration) noted 82.2% Conclusion: Trauma congenital-developmental anomalies leading etiologies review. Despite complexity presence vision-threatening anomalies, anatomic acceptable. Regular ophthalmoscopy sound is recommended for children risk. detachment, major review cases. age group, reasonable. Fellow common