Factors Predisposing to Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment among Ethiopians
Ethiop. j. health dev. (Online)
; 25(1): 31-34, 2010.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To determine and describe the causes and risk factors predisposing Ethiopian patients to rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).Methods:
A retrospective study of all patients with RRD seen at the retina clinic of Menilik II Hospital; Addis Ababa; from April 1999 to October 2003 was done. Charts of patients with the diagnosis of RRD were collected and data were filled on structured questionnaires and analyzed using EPI INFO 6 software.Results:
Data were available for 276 patients (305 eyes) in whom the diagnosis of RRD was made. Age of patients ranged from 7-85 years; mean age was 41 and median was 40 years. Hundred-eighty-eight [68] of the patients were males and 88 [32] were females with male-to-female ratio of 2.11. Myopia was the predisposing factor for RRD in 78 [28.3] patients of which 63 had myopia of 5D. In 57 [20.7] patients with RRD; there was a history of ocular trauma. Thirty-nine [14.2] patients had had cataract surgery with lens implantation and 21 [7.6] patients were surgically aphakic. Macula-off RRD was seen in 225 [73.8] eyes. Bilateral RRD was seen in 29 [10.5] patients.Conclusion:
The study showed that myopia; ocular trauma; pseudophakia and aphakia in decreasing frequency were the main risk factors associated with RRD among Ethiopians attending a tertiary eye care centre
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Retinal Diseases
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Risk Factors
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Myopia
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Ethiop. j. health dev. (Online)
Year:
2010
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Article
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