Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes progressive vision loss in a large number of elderly people, and no treatment ...

PLATTSBURGH — According to the National Eye Institute, a macular hole is a small break in the macula, located in the center of the eye’s light-sensitive tissue called the retina. The macula provides ...

Dr Progress Oyegbeda, the Chief Medical Director, Clear Vision Eye Clinic in Bayelsa, has warned that macular hole in the eyes could lead to blindness, if not treated. Oyegbeda told our reporter on ...

Macular holes have been described in association with benign vascular tumours of the retina. However, their successful treatment has not been reported. A 57-year-old woman presented with a 3-month ...

To assess the preoperative features of patients with idiopathic macular hole (IMH) and vitreomacular adhesion (VMA) treated with ocriplasmin (OCP) that can predict successful closure. Patients with ...

Secondary techniques are needed to address macular holes in patients with myopia, according to a speaker at OSN New York ...

Sponsored FOY Retina specialist performs macular hole repair Dr. Audina Berrocal is a world-renowned retina specialist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Audina Berrocal, M.D. is a world-renowned retina ...

Medicated drops may help close small macular holes over a two- to eight-week period, allowing some people to avoid surgery to fix the vision problem, a new study suggests. The findings, based on a ...

Research in monkeys suggests that a human stem cell transplant may one day be a treatment for torn retinal tissue Tears in the macula cause distorted vision but current treatment does little to ...

A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased vision. In a case report published in ...

A 9-year-old boy in Greece was left with damaged vision after staring into a laser pointer. His doctors describe the case in a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The boy's parents ...