Prevalence of retinal tears in an optometric population

摘要

The prevalence of fresh retinal tears and acute symptomatic posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) was determined for a metropolitan optometric population by retrospectively examining the records of 2,700 consecutively presenting patients. Twenty‐eight cases (one per cent) harboured a retinal tear. Fourteen patients manifested operculated tears and a further 14 were found to have flap tears. Significantly more tears lay in the temporal half of the fundus (p<0.001). A preponderance of tears lay in the superotemporal retinal quadrant. Twenty‐six patients (one per cent) presented with an acute symptomatic PVD. Of these four patients (15 per cent) had a retinal tear related to the onset of the