retina detachment
Contrast sensitivity device exposes vision limitations of reattachment patients
December 11, 2017By Lynda Charters
Computerized testing of contrast sensitivity function using the Sentio Platform (Adaptive Sensory Technology) may better quantify the visual limitations of patients than traditional letter acuity after retinal detachment repair.
August 07, 2017By Margaret Wong MD
Scleral buckles and vitrectomy are the two main procedures used today to treat retinal detachments, with many surgeons performing a combination of the two.
August 07, 2017By Cheryl Guttman Krader
In complicated retinal detachment cases where the retina fails to reattach after completing the usual steps, retinectomy is a better technique than relaxing retinotomy–and the retinectomy is best done incrementally under air, said Steve Charles, MD.Hottest stories of 2014: Retina
December 12, 2014By Colleen E. McCarthy
Check out the biggest retina stories of the year.
October 15, 2014By Michael Brown OD MHS-CL FAAO
When the retina in my left eye detached in early October 2013, I was on a tour bus, somewhere between Canter’s Deli and Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles. There was a series of flashes, like warning flares, and then a black tide, an oil slick of a blind spot that started down and to the left and crept toward the center of my vision, arcs of lightning heralding its advance. I knew what was happening, but I didn’t want to believe it.Non-stop texting causes a case of retinal detachment, says Chinese media
June 11, 2014By Colleen E. McCarthy
A 26-year-old man from Qingdao, China suffered a retinal detachment after using his smartphone non-stop, according to Qingdao Daily.How cost utility justifies retinal detachment repair
March 01, 2014By Liz Meszaros
Repair of retinal detachment is cost effective, especially when compared with injection-based treatments.Study links premature birth, retinal detachment
November 13, 2013By Rose Schneider Krivich
Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19-times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than those born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.