Paediatric vs adult retinal detachment

Objective: to evaluate the causes, incidences, characteristics, and treatment outcomes of paediatric vs adult retinal detachment. Patients and methods: one hundred and sixty (136 patients) out of 2408 consecutive retinal detachments (6. 6%) at our facility occurred in children under the age of 18 years. Of them, 144 eyes (90%) of 127 (93%) children were treated and compared with a sample of 56 consecutive retinal detachments in 50 adults (over the age of 18 years). The parameters for comparison included cause, type of retinal detachment, its extent, macular involvement, number of tears, number and types of surgery, and the anatomic and functional surgical outcome. Adults can have strabismus or misaligned eyes just like children. The strabismus seen in adults may be a residual problem from the strabismus they had as a child that either was not corrected or has recurred. Strabismus can also occur as a new problem in adults who have never had any previous strabismus. This new strabismus can result because of a stroke, tumors, certain neurologic conditions, diabetes, a brain or ocular injury, following other eye surgery such as retinal detachment surgery or in many cases for no identifiable reason. Strabismus in adults can cause disabling