A NATIONWIDE STUDY ON THE INCIDENCE OF RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT IN DENMARK, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE RISK OF THE FELLOW EYE

In Brief Purpose: To estimate the risk of developing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) in the fellow eye in patients with RRD in the first eye and to identify potential risk factors. Methods: We used the Danish National Patient Registry to identify all surgeries performed for RRD in Denmark in the period from January 2000 to July 2011. Results: In 11,451 cases of RRD in the study period, 8,553 cases in 8,081 patients were identified as...