Patients who develop a full-thickness macular hole after retinal detachment repair surgery can often be treated with a second procedure. Full-thickness macular holes (FTMHs) following rhegmatogenous ...

Diagram showing multiple peripheral retinal tears and holes, more typically seen in the setting of a pseudophakic retinal detachment. Diagram depicting a temporally located, 4-clock-hour ...

Jessica Haynes, OD, FAAO, discusses surgical procedures designed to repair large macular holes and highlights the role optometrists play in referring these patients for care and managing postsurgical ...

Age-related vision loss is one of the most common forms of vision loss in people around the world. It gets worse over time, and can even lead to total blindness, which is debilitating. A new study ...

By doing this exercise for five minutes each day, you will train your retina to adapt more efficiently across various lighting conditions. Improving peripheral vision helps maintain retinal health ...

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It is more common in females and more than 50% of the macular holes occurred in patients from age 60 and above. It can be bilateral in 10% to 20% of patients. Already a subscriber?

14 The patients underwent a thorough scleral-depressed peripheral retinal examination to identify all pathological ... Among the additional 22 patients with other pathologies in the attached retina in ...

in the central retina, 0.5 mm from the optic nerve head, and their lowest density (3133 ± 350 cells/mm 2) in the mid-peripheral retina, 2 mm from the optic nerve head. Prox1-immunoreactive amacrine ...

A giant hole opened up on a street in Surrey, southwest of London, forcing evacuations and leaving a car teetering on the edge. The cause was unknown. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London A giant ...