Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment and Solar Radiation in Northwestern Spain.

Autor: Sevillano Torrado C; Ophthalmology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain, seviojos@hotmail.com., Viso E; Ophthalmology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain., Moreira S; Computational Mathematics, IDENER, Seville, Spain., Blanco MJ; Ophthalmology Department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain., Gude F; Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde [Ophthalmologica] 2020; Vol. 243 (1), pp. 51-57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 17.
DOI: 10.1159/000503070
Abstrakt: Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and solar radiation in northwestern Spain.
Methods: All RRD cases in Pontevedra from 2008 and 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. Climatological data from 4 weather stations in the area were collected. The association between RRD incidence and solar radiation was investigated.
Results: A total of 256 RRD cases were identified. There was a seasonal variation in the incidence of RRD with a maximum number of incident cases observed in June and July and a minimum number of cases observed in January and December. An association was found between RRD incidence and solar radiation both monthly (p = 0.004) and bimonthly (p = 0.057). The right eye was more frequently affected than the left eye (p = 0.035). RD cases other than rhegmatogenous showed neither seasonality nor association with radiation.
Conclusions: Solar radiation may play a role in RRD genesis in our area. Laterality could be related to the amount of radiation reaching each eye.
(© 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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