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Epidemiological Study of Nontraumatic Phakic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
October 1 2000
September 7 2000
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Abstract
We studied the epidemiological characteristics of nontraumatic phakic rhegmatogenous
retinal detachment (RRD) in a defined population of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
A total of 278 eyes of 272 patients developed RRD during an 11-year period, 1988–1998,
with a population of 465,947. The annual incidence was 5.4 per 100,000 population.
The mean age of patients was 58.3 years, and the sex distribution corresponded with
that in the general population. There was insignificant preponderance of right eye
involvement. Bilaterality was observed in 2.2%. The presence of myopia was diagnosed
in 46.9% eyes.