Aims To quantify nationwide incidence and contemporary treatment patterns of acute retinal necrosis (ARN). Methods ...

Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply of nutrients and oxygen in the densely packed tissues is limited, leading to ...

Here’s what to know about the dominant version of the virus that’s circulating now. By Dani Blum The flu constantly morphs and mutates. Often, it surprises researchers a little. This year, the virus ...

People on statin therapy to lower their cholesterol may derive an additional benefit if they undergo intraocular surgery to repair a retinal detachment caused by a retinal tear: a slightly lower risk ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the older population. Geographic atrophy is an advanced stage of dry AMD, characterized by irreversible vision loss due to the ...

A retinal implant developed by Science Corp. has for the first time restored some functional vision to patients with a severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common eye disease and ...

Scientists have used an eye implant to improve the vision of dozens of people left functionally blind by age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implant, which measures 2 millimetres by 2 ...

The device could help a million people with a severe form of macular degeneration to be able to see enough to read. By Gina Kolata For the first time, researchers restored some vision to people with a ...

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Greater detachment extent and a history of pneumatic retinopexy can help predict retinal detachment recurrence. A history of having undergone pneumatic retinopexy and a larger degree of retinal ...

Clinicians should make special patient selection considerations for those younger than 55 years of age or with axial lengths longer than 25 mm. Retinal detachment occurs in approximately 1.5% of eyes ...