title: [Vitreo-retinal pediatric surgery: epidemiologic factors, etiology and prognosis].
abstract: The features of pediatric vitreoretinal surgery are different from those of the adult population. In order to identify those differences, our retrospective study, dealing with a consecutive series of 2230 patients who underwent vitreoretinal surgery, analyzes several parameters for the 43 young patients (under 19 years old) (2%). Two main results can be withdrawn from the study. First, trauma is a major cause of vitreoretinal surgery in children (30% of the cases), proportionally much more frequent than in adults. Second, patient's age is the only factor that significantly influences the surgical prognosis, with a success rate of 35% under the age of 10 years, and 73% above this age (p < 0.05). We conclude that pediatric vitreoretinal surgery has a more guarded prognosis compared to the one performed in the adult population.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc UCL, 1200 Bruxelles.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gribomont
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ledoux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data