Although retinal detachment usually occurs in just one eye, there is a 15% chance of it developing in the other eye, and this risk increases to 25–30% in patients who have had a retinal detachment and cataracts extracted from both eyes.
Iako se odignuće mrežnice obično javlja na jednom oku, vjerojatnost da će se razviti i na drugom oku je 15%, a taj rizik se povećava za 25-30% kod pacijenata koji su imali katarakte na oba oka.