Optometrists may not surgically repair macular holes, but they play a crucial role in managing visual outcomes in these ...

Combined surgery with IOL placement is safe and allows for faster visual rehabilitation in patients with diabetes, macular holes, and macular pucker. Combined surgery has visual outcomes ...

Macular degeneration is very common and affects an estimated 19.8 million people in the United States. Approximately one in 10 Americans age 50 and older have an early form of the disease and as many ...

A clever new set of glasses may offer new hope to people with macular degeneration. By copying the structure of a fly's eyes, the specs are claimed to "fill in" the missing section of the wearer's ...

While we do have specific techniques that have been successful in our own experience, it is the concept of combined surgery that we wish to stress. Surgeon preferences and surgical techniques are ...

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD ... laser photocoagulation and/or vitrectomy performed in the study eye in the last 6 months. We divided the entire cohort into two groups: group 1 ...

Physical examination reveals well-demarcated hyperpigmented macules. Macular amyloidosis is the result of extracellular amyloid deposition within the skin. 1 Severe pruritus is often the presenting ...

Macular degeneration causes vision loss and primarily affects people age 65 and older. The condition affects the macula, the sensitive part of the retina responsible for sharp, central vision. There ...