CHICAGO — Men, active smokers and those with a younger age at diagnosis of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in one eye were factors associated with a higher risk for developing detachment in the other eye, according to a study.
“Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is a sight-threatening condition, and patients who have developed an RRD in one eye often ask what is the chance their fellow eye may be affected,” William Kearney, MS, and colleagues wrote in a poster presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Using the AAO IRIS Registry, Kearney (Read more...)