title: [Bilateral retinal detachments. Risk factors and treatment efficacy: 11 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to evaluate the incidence of bilateral retinal detachments and to analyze the risk factors for it and the anatomic and functional results of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retinal detachment can be discovered in both eyes during an initial consultation. In other cases, retinal detachment may be seen in the second eye during follow-up of the first eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bilateral retinal detachments account for 11.7% of the retinal detachments in our hospital. Many factors are involved in bilateral detachment, including myopia and degenerative lesions. Treatment depends on the type of detachment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment of bilateral detachments is difficult and depends on the specific type of detachment. Relatively young men are most at risk for bilateral detachments.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. amira.trigui@tunet.tn
authors.forename: Amira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trigui
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khaldi
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ghorbel
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity