With modern surgical techniques to repair retinal detachments, a greater than 90% primary anatomic success rate can be expected.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Despite this high level of anatomic success, visual ...

The back of your eye has a layer called the retina that converts light into signals. Your brain interprets those signals as images. The middle of the retina has a small area called the macula. It's in ...

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common eye condition. More than 40% of Americans can't see clearly at a distance because their eye is longer than normal. Usually myopia doesn't cause any problems ...

A clinical trial is investigating whether a stem cell-derived patch can replace disease-damaged cells and restore vision. Age-related macular degeneration is a steadily worsening eye disease and the ...

To determine factors associated with anatomical and functional outcomes of macula-off retinal detachment surgery in a modern vitreoretinal unit. A retrospective casenote review of 185 patients ...

Nearly 2 million Americans ages 40 and older are affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of vision loss in older adults, according to estimates from the Centers ...

Age-related macular degeneration, also called AMD, is the deterioration of the center of the retina called the macula. The macula is the part of the retina which is responsible for our central vision ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The evaluation of a fundus lesion requires pattern recognition. Differentiating sight-threatening lesions from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ophthalmologists can usually examine the cornea, lens and vitreous with the slit lamp to learn if there is ...

Diabetes can lead to both retinopathy and DME. You can develop both, but DME is a complication of retinopathy. They can both impact your vision and possibly cause blindness. Early diagnosis and ...

A macular hole is when an opening forms in the middle of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. It can lead to people having a blurry or black spot in the center of their vision. The ...

In wet AMD, the abnormal blood vessels can bleed or leak fluid, which can lead to distorted vision and contribute to potentially rapid vision loss. You may see a dark spot or spots in the center of ...