Primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment at kasr al aini hospital : Predisposing factors and clinical features /
الصورة الاكلينيكية و العوامل المؤدية للانفصال الشبكي القطعي في مستشفي قصر العيني
Mohamed Gaber Ahmed ; Supervised Hassan Aly Mortada , Tamer Ahmed Macky , Mohamed Amr Salah Eddin
- Cairo : Mohamed Gaber Ahmed , 2014
- 73 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Opthalmology
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the patients demographic characteristics, predisposing factors, clinical features, surgical interventions and intra-operative findings for patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment(RRD) who were hospitalized and operated at Kasr Al Aini hospital, over a time interval of 6 months. Patients & Methods: This is a prospective observational analytical epidemiological study that includedpatients with 1ry RRD who were admitted for surgical intervention at Kasr Al-Aini Teaching Hospital, CairoUniversity in a time period of 6 months starting from March 2013 to September 2013. The patients were selected from the outpatient Ophthalmology Clinic of Kasr Al-Aini Hospital. The primary outcome measures were the predisposing factors for the RRD (blunt trauma, myopia, previous cataract surgery, family history of RRD), and the clinical features of RRD (quadrants affected, macula on/off, number, types, location of breaks, presence and distribution of lattice, signs of posterior vitreous detachment(PVD) and presence and grading of proliferative vitreoretinopathy(PVR). The secondary outcome measures were the patients demographic data