Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Patients who reside in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods have a higher chance to present with more severe rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, according to a study.

CHICAGO — A Fas inhibitor showed strong efficacy signals and demonstrated neuroprotection in patients with more than 8 days of macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, according to a study.

Despite the superior visual acuity results and fewer complications of pneumatic retinopexy vs. pars plana vitrectomy shown in the PIVOT study, U.S. practice patterns have not changed, according to a poster at Real World Ophthalmology.

In this Healio Video Perspective from the Vit-Buckle Society annual meeting, Sally S. Ong, MD, discusses a study that investigated potential predictors for worse visual acuity at 1 year after rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair.

CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, white race, male sex and lattice degeneration, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

CHICAGO — Men, active smokers and those with a younger age at diagnosis of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in one eye were factors associated with a higher risk for developing detachment in the other eye, according to a study.

NEW ORLEANS — Women and racial/ethnic minorities were less likely to receive rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair compared with men and white patients, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Pars plana vitrectomy has a similar success rate to scleral buckle or pars plana vitrectomy with scleral buckle in cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with inferior retinal breaks, according to a presentation here.