The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

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 you see blurry shadows, also called ...

Red light therapy is still seen as an alternative or complementary treatment for eye conditions, but research into using it as a primary treatment for retina disorders is promising. Perhaps the ...

The following is a summary of “Cystoid Macular Edema Following Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair Surgery: Incidence, Pathogenesis, Risk Factors and Treatment,” published in the February 2025 ...

RETINAL detachment is a serious eye condition that causes irreversible blindness if left untreated. In this condition, the retina inside the eye pulls away from the layer of blood vessels that ...

Aims Refractive lens exchange (RLE) is becoming a popular refractive solution for patients ineligible for corneal surgeries or phakic intraocular lenses. However, concerns regarding retinal detachment ...