What Is Posterior Vitreous Detachment? Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is an eye condition that naturally happens with age, when gel that usually fills your eyeball detaches from your retina. If ...

YAG laser vitreolysis effectively treated symptomatic vitreous floaters, according to a report published in the September issue of JAMA Ophthalmology. Posterior vitreous detachment occurs in 65% of ...

Anti-VEGF injections may improve visual outcomes in patients with diabetic macular edema who have vitreomacular adhesions, according to a substudy of READ-3. “VMA does not adversely influence ...

Vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) can be serious, but it’s treatable. It involves two parts of your eye. One is the vitreous, or the “jelly” part that fills the eyeball. The other is the macula, a small ...

Vitreous detachment is a process in which the vitreous separates from the retina with or without collapsing in on itself. The vitreous is a jelly-like body that fills the posterior chamber of the eye, ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical effects of modified partial pars plana vitrectomy together with phacoemulsification, intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, posterior ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most of us have seen a flap tear in the peripheral retina. If it’s in the superior retina, it’s invariably “U” ...

The aim of this study is to analyze the agreement between the classifications based on morphology and diameter of vitreomacular traction (VMT) syndrome, as well as to correlate the morphological ...

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 ...

An increase in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment incidence (RRD) may be associated with a simultaneous increase in myopia among citizens residing in the Netherlands, according to study results ...

the lens, the transparent structure located behind the iris the cornea, the eye’s outermost layer the retina, the tissue lining the back of the eyes the vitreous body, a clear gel-like substance that ...

The vitreous body is a round body of gel-like substance which fills the posterior chamber of the eye and aids in keeping the eyeball round. Within the gel are numerous fine strands which run to the ...