Abstract
Objective: To estimate the incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) in a geographically defined population and to compare the probability of RD in residents after cataract extraction with the probability of RD in residents who did not have cataract extraction. Design: Rochester Epidemiology Project databases were used to perform a retrospective population-based incidence study of RD diagnosed between 1976 and 1995 with cohort analyses of the influence of risk factors on the occurrence of RD. Participants: The population of Olmsted County, Minnesota, participated. Main Outcome Measure: Incidence rates of RD adjusted to the age and gender distribution of the 1990 U.S. white population were measured. Results: Three hundred eleven incident cases of rhegmatogenous RD were identified. The mean annual age-and gender-adjusted incidence rate of rhegmatogenous RD was 17.9 per 100,000 persons (95% confidence interval [Cl], 15.9-19.9). For idiopathic rhegmatogenous RD alone, the mean annual age- and gender-adjusted incidence rate was 12.6 (95% Cl, 10.9-14.3) per 100,000 persons. Ten years after phacoemulsification and extracapsular cataract extraction, the estimated cumulative probability of RD was 5.5 (95% Cl, 3.4-7.6) times as high as would have been expected in a similar group of county residents not undergoing cataract surgery. Conclusions: Cataract surgery is associated with a significantly elevated long-term cumulative probability of retinal detachment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-159 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Ophthalmology |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology