Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Delayed retinal breaks and retinal detachments occur more often after acute posterior vitreous ...

Purpose To investigate the effect of patient counselling together with the use of information leaflets on the number of return visits for patients with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated posterior ...

To evaluate the visual and anatomical results of surgery for macular hole-related retinal detachment (MHRD) after phacoemulsification cataract extraction. Data for all patients who underwent surgery ...

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Vitreous in children has a consistency that resembles egg whites. As people age, it becomes more liquid. Thinning vitreous can cause the retina to separate from the back wall of the eye, often ...

When Minnesota Vikings Coach Mike Zimmer was recently sidelined with a retinal detachment, the sports world was suddenly abuzz with eye news. Zimmer had surgery to remedy his condition and had to sit ...

Seeing flashing lights in the corner of one or both eyes can occur with migraine or result from trauma, detached retina, or other problems. The flashes of light may vary in shape, color, frequency, ...

The retina is a thin layer of cells lining the back part of the inside of your eye. These cells receive light, organize the information, and send it to your brain. The brain translates these signals ...

Retinal tears can result from age-related changes to the eye, trauma and injuries, and complications from eye surgery. Retinal tears are a vision-disrupting condition that can affect the clarity of ...

A 53-year-old Hispanic woman with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, iritis and a mechanical heart valve presented with complaints of blurry vision in her left eye for 1 week. She described a sharp ...

Eye floaters are common, harmless specks caused by collagen clumps in the eye's vitreous, often appearing with age. While usually benign, a sudden increase, flashes, or a curtain-like shadow signals a ...