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Retinal Detachment - Kontaktlinse Instituttet

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Types retinal detachments<br />

• Rhegmatogenous (holes, tears dialysis)<br />

• Exudative (fluid accumulation)<br />

• Tractional (fibrovascular)<br />

Prevalence<br />

• Middle age 20per 100,000<br />

• Lifetime risk 1:300 normal eye<br />

• Risk increase to 1:20 myopia >5 diopters<br />

• Risk with cataract Sx < 1%<br />

• Risk for opposite eye RD 15%<br />

• If cataract Sx, risk increases to 30%<br />

• Diab. Proliferative Retinopathy high risk<br />

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