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RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT Incidence, risk factors, postoperative recovery & vision related quality of life M.A.J. van de Put
The research presented in this study was financially supported by: De Professor Mulder Stichting, Stichting Blindenhulp. Stichting Nederlands Oogheelkundig Onderzoek. Publication of this thesis was financially supported by: De Professor Mulder Stichting, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Alcon Nederland B.V., Theapharma, Ursapharm, AMO Abbot Medical Systems, Rockmed, Ophthec, Bausch & Lomb, Oculenti, ZEISS, Allergan, ABN-Amro bank. Copyright 2014 M.A.J. van de Put All rights reserved. No parts of this thesis may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronical, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author and the publisher holding the copyright of the published articles. ISBN: 978-90-367-7361-4 e-isbn: 978-90-367-7360-7 Printed by: Gildeprint Cover design: Gildeprint Lay-out: M.A.J. van de Put & Gildeprint
Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Incidence, risk factors, postoperative recovery & vision related quality of life Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen op gezag van de rector magnificus prof. dr. E. Sterken en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties. De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op woensdag 10 december 2014 om 11:00 uur door Mathijs Arnoldus Johannes van de Put geboren op 6 november 1981 te Tilburg
Promotor Prof. dr. J.M.M. Hooymans Copromotor Dr. L.I. Los Beoordelingscommissie Prof. dr. R.J.W. de Keizer Prof. dr. J.E.E. Keunen Prof. dr. H.P.H. Kremer
Paranimfen R.J.S. van de Put, MSc Dr. J. Vehof
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CONTENTS Chapter 1 General introduction 11 Part I Chapter 2 EPIDEMIOLOGY The incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment surgery in the North of the Netherlands 27 Chapter 3 The incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in The Netherlands 43 Ophthalmology 2013 120: 616-622. PART II Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 CLINICAL STUDIES Design and validation of a method to determine the position of the fovea by using the optic nerve-head to fovea distance of the fellow eye 61 Plos One, May 2013: 8:5:e99787 Postoperative recovery of visual function after macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 77 Plos One, June 2014: 9:6:e99787 Postoperative vision-related quality of life in macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and its relation to visual function 93 Submitted Postoperative metamorphopsia in macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: associations with visual function, vision related quality of life, and optical coherence tomography findings 117 Submitted Chapter 8 Summary & conclusions 131 Chapter 9 Dutch summary & conclusions 135 Contents 9
Appendices Abbreviations 141 Acknowledgements 143 List of publications 147 Biography 148 10 Contents