title: [Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in children and youth--chosen epidemiological features].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess chosen epidemiological features (risk factors) of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in young patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective evaluation of patients aged up to 18 years with rhegmatogenous retinal: detachment hospitalized in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Medical Sciences of Bydgoszcz--in the period between 1993-2003. Studied group comprised 37 patients aged from 2 to 18 years. Excluded were the patients with retinopathy of prematurity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age in the group studied was 12.6 (SD=3.6) years, over 80% were male. In 88.9% at least one risk factor was found--the most common of which was history of trauma (52.7%). Myopia was diagnosed in 27.7% of cases, in 8.3% patients cataract surgery had been performed prior to retinal detachment. In 8.3% of patients in group studied revealed congenital structural abnormalities. One patient (2.8%) had toxocariasis. Bilateral retinal detachment occurred also in one patient. The macula was detached in 75% and total retinal detachment was present in 38.8% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most common risk factor in the group studied was history of nonsurgical trauma. Prevalence of macular detachment was noted.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Oczu Akademii Medycznej w Bydgoszczy.
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz-Wiśniewska
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lesiewska-Junk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors