title: Unambiguous comparison of juvenile and senile rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether age is a prognostic factor in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient population was divided into two groups according to age at onset of RRD (juvenile R RD = younger than18 years and senile RRD = 65 years and older). The juvenile RRD group consisted of 35 patients and the senile RRD group consisted of 39 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were statistically higher incidences of male patients, trauma, subretinal fibrosis, and myopia in the juvenile RRD group compared withthe senile RRD group. In addition, there were statistical differences in the break characteristics, extent of RRD, and severity of proliferative vitreoretinopathy between the juvenile and senile RRD groups. However, no statistical differences were evident in the final retinal reattachment rate (88.6% vs 94.9%; P = .413) or the final visual outcome (P = .902) between juvenile RRD and senile RRD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical characteristics between juvenile and senile RRD are different. Although delayed diagnosis is common, the final surgical outcome in juvenile RRD is as promising as in senile RRD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wei-Chi
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chi-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Lai-Chu
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: See
authors.forename: Yeou-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Ko-Jen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tun-Lu
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011379:Prognosis; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome