retina detachment
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.