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Retinal detachment in children
Last reviewed: 07.07.2025
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Retinal detachment that occurs in childhood is difficult to treat due to late diagnosis associated with the absence of complaints in the child until the second eye has good vision. The poor prognosis is due to severe vitreoretinal changes, and preoperative assessment and postoperative treatment are difficult due to the lack of proper communication with such patients.
Surgical treatment of retinal detachment is the responsibility of a retinal surgeon.
Retinal detachment in children
- Rhegmatogenous
Traumatic.
- Non-traumatic:
- retinopathy of prematurity (ROP);
- retinal dialysis.
- Marfan syndrome.
- Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia.
- Retinoschisis.
- Colobomas.
- Aphakic.
- Combined with myopia. Non-rhegmatogenous
- RN.
- Posterior uveitis.
- Familial exudative retinopathy.
- Redistribution of pigment.
- Optic disc pits.
- Coats disease.
- Retinal tumors - retinoblastoma.
- Tumors of the vascular membrane - hemangiomas, etc.
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
Stickler syndrome and other forms of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia are common and difficult to treat diseases. Children with this pathology suffer from congenital stationary high myopia. It is possible to combine it with cataracts and other developmental defects, including a flat face, changes in joints and spine.
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Tactics of management of retinal detachments in children
Retinal detachments in children often have a poor prognosis and require an experienced vitreoretinal surgeon, preferably one who specializes in children, to successfully treat them.