Retinal tear surgery and retinal detachment surgery are distinct medical procedures. The retina is a thin layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of your eyes. Your eye lens focuses light onto ...

Retinal displacement may be more severe and occurs more frequently in patients who undergo pars plana vitrectomy as opposed to pneumatic retinopexy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair, ...

Viscodissection is a minimally traumatic and effective method to manage complex cases of proliferative vitreoretinopathy and funnel-shaped retinal detachment, or RD, according to a speaker.At the ...

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is when the gel-like fluid inside the eye gets behind the retina and pushes it away from its supporting blood vessels. RRD is one type of retinal detachment (RD ...

A retinal tear occurs when a break develops in the layer of light-detecting cells in the back of the eye. This layer is called your retina. Retinal detachment occurs when the retina pulls away from ...

Tractional retinal detachment occurs if scar tissue in the eye causes the retina to move out of position. It requires immediate medical attention. The retina is a light-sensitive layer of cells at the ...

A minimally invasive treatment for retinal detachment gives patients sharper vision, less distortion and reduced side-effects, according to the findings of a randomized controlled trial performed at ...

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 ...

We retrospectively evaluated the outcome of simultaneous scleral buckle and BGI surgery for patients with glaucoma requiring a scleral buckle for retinal detachment repair over a 10-year period. To ...

CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, white race, male sex and lattice degeneration, according to a poster presented at the ...

Retinal detachment happens when an injury causes the retina to peel away from the wall of the eye. It can happen quickly, or a small tear can continue to progress over time until the retina detaches. ...