Patient ignorance is the main reason for treatment delay in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in The Netherlands
Aims Treatment delay of progressive vision-threatening conditions should be minimal. In this study, the treatment delay of patients with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) undergoing retinal detachment surgery was quantified, and causes for this delay were evaluated. Materials and methods Consecutive patients (n = 205) presenting with a primary RRD between June 2006 and June 2007 at the tertiary referral center (TRC) were interviewed. Five categories of delay were discerned in the following: 'patient delay,' 'general practitioner's delay,' 'referring ophthalmologist's delay,' 'delay at... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Goezinne , F , La Heij , E C , Berendschot , T , Tahzib , N G , Koetsier , L S , Hoevenaars , J , Liem , A T A , Kijlstra , A , Webers , C A B & Hendrikse , F 2009 , ' Patient ignorance is the main reason for treatment delay in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in The Netherlands ' , Eye , vol. 23 , no. 6 , pp. 1393-1399 . https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2008.272 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27597672 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/e6fdc37c-9b0f-4988-8e80-5351dd2e0c61 |