NEW ORLEANS — Women and racial/ethnic minorities were less likely to receive rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair compared with men and white patients, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
“Sex and race/ethnicity health disparities have been previously identified in many fields, but data for retinal detachments is limited,” Amee Azad, MD, MS, and colleagues wrote. “The purpose of this study is to investigate differences in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair by race/ethnicity and sex.”
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