20 Dec Silicone Oil for Retinal Detachments
Silicone oil is often used to repair recurrent and complicated retinal detachments. Intraocular gas is often used primarily, but silicone oil is often very useful....
Silicone oil is often used to repair recurrent and complicated retinal detachments. Intraocular gas is often used primarily, but silicone oil is often very useful....
Despite my best surgical efforts, many times the results of retinal surgery are less than expected. As I learned from my mentor, "sometimes the disease wins."...
Macular degeneration affects those over 55, those of northern European ancestry, both eyes and causes decreased vision. Diagnostic tests can be performed....
The retina is the only part of the eye affected by diabetes. Only your eye doctor can diagnose the disease. There may be no symptoms at all....
Eye drops are a great way to treat your eyes. Eye drops and direct of injection of medicine into your eye are the best ways to treat your eyes. Other methods, such as pill and IV drugs don't work so well....
Iluvien nears FDA approval and is likely to be the first injectable,sustained release drug delivery system for the treatment of diabetic macular edema....
Patients should stop treatment for wet macular degeneration if the treatment isn't working or the vision has not improved as expected. Doctors should support this decision....
Sudden vision loss is an emergency. True sudden loss is usually painless, but causes other than the eye can cause pain....
Radiation has been used before to treat wet macular degeneration. A small study combines radiation with Lucentis and reports very intriguing results....
Floaters are commonly caused by a posterior vitreous detachment, or PVD. While most floaters are simply annoying, those that decrease vision can be removed....