Paediatric retinal detachment: a review
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Raffaele Nuzzi. Eye Clinic Section, S. Luigi Gonzaga Orbassano and Ophthalmic Hospital, University of Turin, Turin 10122, Italy. Prof.nuzzi_raffaele@hotmail.it

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    Paediatric retinal detachment (PRD) is an uncommon and challenging disease; it differs from adult detachments in etiology, anatomical characteristics, management and prognosis. PRDs can be particularly challenging, even for the most expert paediatric surgeons due to the higher prevalence of total retinal detachments, late diagnosis and bilateral involvement with respect to those which occur in adulthood. Moreover, the anatomical success, when achieved, is frequently not related to a functional recover. Postsurgical adverse events, refractive errors and amblyopia may additionally undermine the final outcome. Up to date there are few reviews regarding the approach of retinal detachment in children, mainly dealing with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. In this review, rhegmatogenous, retinopathy of prematurity-related and Coats’-related PRDs were considered. The available literature from the last decades were reviewed and summarized. Epidemiology, etiology and clinical presentation, together with therapeutic approaches and outcomes have been reviewed and discussed.

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Raffaele Nuzzi, Carlo Lavia, Roberta Spinetta. Paediatric retinal detachment: a review. Int J Ophthalmol, 2017,10(10):1592-1603

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  • Received:September 20,2016
  • Revised:June 23,2017
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  • Online: September 30,2017
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