Ever stared at a bright blue sky or a white wall and noticed tiny specks drifting across your vision? They’re not dust or tricks of light, they’re called eye floaters. Though usually harmless, these ...

Department of Ophthalmology, Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), Qingdao, China Background: Retinoschisis is characterized by separation of ...

Pars plana vitrectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed by retina specialists. Clear visualization plays a crucial role in the success of a vitrectomy procedure, whether it is performed ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Low-dose atropine drops showed potential as a noninvasive alternative for managing vitreous floaters, a small retrospective study suggested. A majority of patients who completed ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] Often when my brothers or I made mistakes as ...

The vitreous humor lies between the lens and retina inside your eyes. Vision results from light rays passing through the transparent vitreous humor to form an image on the retina. Vitreous hemorrhage ...

As many as 76 percent of us experience eye floaters, according to findings in the journal Survey of Ophthalmology. And while some of us are barely bothered by the dots, squiggles and specks that drift ...

Do you ever see squiggly lines, thread-like strands, or small shadowy shapes in your vision only to soon realise you're not looking at lines as they are in your eye? Well, it's actually quite common, ...

Yearly monitoring and Amsler grid testing can identify potential macular holes and enable early intervention. Patients with epiretinal membrane (ERM), vitreomacular traction (VMT), or posterior ...

Dilated fundus exams have been the gold standard for detecting retinal tears in patients with acute posterior vitreous detachment (aPVD), but alternative techniques such as fundus photography and ...