03 Oct What is the Vitreous?
The vitreous causes most surgical diseases of the retina. If everyone had a vitrectomy (to remove the vitreous), many people retinal patients couldn't lose vision!...
The vitreous causes most surgical diseases of the retina. If everyone had a vitrectomy (to remove the vitreous), many people retinal patients couldn't lose vision!...
Follow hockey? NHL veteran Marc Staal wasn't wearing a visor and receives a slapshot to his right eye. What are the potential injuries?...
FDA approves a new artificial retinal implant to restore limited vision in blinded patients. ...
Epiretinal membranes, ERM or macular pucker are a non-blinding cause of decreased vision. The earlier the membrane is removed, the better the visual results....
Floaters can be bothersome changes in your vision. Floater only vitrectomy, shown here, is the basic operation a retina specialist uses to treat patients with floaters....
Sometimes macular degeneration is diagnosed just after successful cataract surgery. These disappointed patients often wonder if AMD is caused by the cataract surgery?...
A tear in the retina may cause a vitreous hemorrhage. A retinal tear can be treated with laser, but when too much blood obscures the retina, what to do?...
True double vision after retinal detachment surgery can happen, but is uncommon. Usually large changes in prescription are the culprit....
The cause of flashes of light are often due to a posterior vitreous detachment, but there other possibilities, too....
Floaters are commonly caused by a posterior vitreous detachment, or PVD. While most floaters are simply annoying, those that decrease vision can be removed....