PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID TO THE PATIENTSWITH PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHYIN THE KAZAKHSTAN REPUBLIC

Abstract

Background. Rhegmatogeneous retinal detachment accompanied with proliferative
vitreoretinopathy is the commonest type of retinal detachment. This study aimed to elucidate the set of
ocular and systemic co-morbidities and to assess the efficiency of surgical management.
Materials and methods: this cross-sectional study took place in Kazakh Research-Scientific
Institute of Eye Diseases. The medical records of 362 patients operated within the past 10 years were
undergone to retrospective analysis. Statistical analysis was carried through SPSS package (Version
20.0.).
Resuts: the hospitalization rate increased over the past 5 years (273 patients - 75/4%). Myopia was
the commonest ocular co-morbidity (144-39.8%), following by pseudophakia (98-27.1%) and peripheral
retinal degeneration (96-26.5%). Posterior vitrectomy was the commonest surgical intervention in the
present category of patients (324-89,5%)? which witnesses for the disease severity.
Conclusion. The system of surgical aid for the patients with rhegmatogeneous retinal detachment,
complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy could be generally considered as satisfactory, requiring
certain improvements. The primary care eye practitioners need to follow the patients having risk factors
of proliferative vitreoretinopathy development.