Retinal detachment has many causes, from trauma to pathological myopia to complications arising from cataract surgery. It affects between 0.6–1.8 people per 10,000 per year (1) – and about three in every thousand people will experience retinal detachment at one point in their life (2). Treatment options vary by the type and location of the detachment, but include cryopexy and laser photocoagulation, scleral buckling, pneumatic retinopexy and pars plana vitrectomy.
However, the field advances; from smaller gauge vitrectomy needles to smarter approaches to scleral buckling. To provide insight into the past and predictions for the future of the field, a series of metrics were applied to the last five years of published literature. We asked:
- What are the major topics for the field?
- Which publications have the greatest impact?
- How is the knowledge available online?
- Who are the most prolific authors?
References
- D Mitry et al., “The epidemiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: geographical variation and clinical associations”, Br J Ophthalmol, 94, 678–684 (2010). PMID: 19515646. RF Gariano and CH Kim. “Evaluation and management of suspected retinal detachment”, Am Fam Physician, 69, 1691–1698 (2004). PMID: 1508604.
