Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment (RRD)

Mechanism: a break in the retina allows vitreous fluid to enter the subretinal space, resulting in the retina becoming detached

Clinical features:

(1) flashes of light (retinal photopsia)

(2) visual floaters

(3) visual field loss

Risk factors:

(1) lattice degeneration

(2) peripheral retinal excavations

(3) meridional folds (folds of redundant retina, usually located superonasally)

(4) enclosed ora bays (oval islands of pars plana epithelium located immediately posterior to the ora serrata and surrounded by peripheral retina)

(5) high myopia

(6) previous intraocular surgery

(7) history of retinal detachment in the opposite eye

(8) ocular trauma

(9) family history