Increasing trend in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in Korea from 2004 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine the 12-year incidence of and trends in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) requiring surgery in Korea.

Methods

This was a nationwide, population-based, retrospective study. We identified 53,179 patients with incident RRD requiring surgery using the Korean National Health Claims Database from 2004 to 2015. We estimated the crude incidence rates and age- and sex-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 person-years in each year during the study period. A joinpoint regression analysis was performed to determine the trend.

Results

The average annual incidence rate was 9.78 (95% CI: 9.70-9.86). Male patients showed an incidence rate (10.68 [95% CI: 10.57-10.80]) 1.20 times that of female patients (8.87 [95% CI: 8.76-8.98]). The incidence showed

SUBMITTER: Park JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627102 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature