CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, white race, male sex and lattice degeneration, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Using the IRIS Registry, Michael J. Morano, MD, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study of 3,177,195 eyes of 1,983,712 patients at Wills Eye Hospital and found that one in 500 cataract surgeries in patents aged 40 or older resulted in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
“Large databases like the IRIS Registry offer an opportunity to