PURPOSE To study the effect of the duration from initial evaluation to repair on outcomes for fovea-sparing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). DESIGN Retrospective, single-surgeon, consecutive case series. METHODS Medical records were reviewed for preoperative and intraoperative factors possibly associated with visual and anatomic outcomes for all patients undergoing scleral buckling ...

PURPOSE Candidate risk factors for idiopathic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) include heavy manual handling (requiring Valsalva's maneuver). We assessed incidence rates of surgically treated idiopathic RRD among manual workers, non-manual workers and housewives resident in Tuscany, Italy. METHODS We retrieved all hospital discharge records bearing a principal diagnosis corresponding t...

AIM To investigate whether high vitreous levels of the soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (sICAM-1) may be related to clinical risk factors of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and whether their measurement may serve as an additional risk indicator of this complication in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS Levels of sICAM-1 were measured by enzyme linked imm...

PURPOSE Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is a common ophthalmic emergency. Population-based data on primary RRD incidence has been variable, with large differences reported. This study is the first large-scale prospective examination of the incidence of primary RRD in the United Kingdom. METHODS The authors established a two-year prospective, population-based observational study recrui...

The economy of Mexico is diversified, with the highest proportion of activity in its formal economic structure. Services account for 47.3 percent of GDP, community and social services 22.4 percent, financial services 13.5 percent, and transport and communications 11.4 percent. Industry generates 28.2 percent of GDP, and agriculture 5 percent. The informal sector is large. Although estimates of ...

PURPOSE The influence of genetic predisposition on nonsyndromic primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is poorly characterized. The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude of genetic risk for RRD. METHODS All participants (probands) in the Scottish Retinal Detachment Study (N = 922) with known postal addresses were contacted by questionnaire to assess the personal and ...

TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the article by Kuo and colleagues, which reported a large increase in the risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) within 90 days from the prescription of oral fluoroquinolones, as compared to amoxicillin [1]. The association between oral fluoroquinolones and RRD is of great relevance, as little is known on the etiology of this disease. Furthermore, th...

We reexamine the RRd mass determination using both new and previously existing linear pulsation models. Our conclusion is that the weight of evidence remains strongly with the" canonical" values (0.55 M (:) for Oosterhoff I clusters and 0.65 M 0 for Oosterhoff II clusters), unless the Population II metal opacities turn out to be very high. Subject headings: stars: interiors stars: pulsation sta...

AIMS Class III antiarrhythmic agents exhibit reverse rate-dependent lengthening of the action potential duration (APD). In spite of the several theories developed so far to explain this reverse rate dependency (RRD), its mechanism has not yet been clarified. The aim of the present work was to further elucidate the mechanisms responsible for reverse rate-dependent drug effects. METHODS AND RES...

Purpose. To determine the factors associated with the development of a macular hole (MH) after successful rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) surgery. Methods. Of 1260 eyes that underwent surgery for RRD between April 2005 and March 2010 in our hospital, the medical records of 4 cases from our hospital and one case from another hospital that had undergone RRD surgery and later developed MH ...