Q: I had a routine eye exam by my ophthalmologist, and she found I had an atrophic retinal hole in the outside part of my eye. She said not to worry about it and we would just follow it for now. But I ...

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 ...

The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that converts visual images into nerve impulses in the brain. Injuries to the eye can cause layers of the retina to separate, which is known as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this Healio Video Perspective, Dilraj Grewal, MD, discusses a presentation from the Retina Society meeting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The treatment of macular holes has progressed substantially in the past decade. Traumatic macular holes provide ...

Among retina surgeons, there is an ongoing debate around the value and necessity of face-down positioning after macular hole surgery. Historically, patients with macular hole surgery would be ...

A file photo of an SAPD vehicle. BACKGROUND: A macular hole is a small break in the macula, the center of the eye's light-sensitive tissue called the retina. The macula is responsible for providing ...

Japanese researchers have successfully used a transplant of human stem cells to close a hole in a key part of a monkey's retina. They say the achievement could pave the way for better treatment of ...

Transplanted human stem cells successfully repaired macular holes in monkey models of the disorder. This is according to a new study from researchers at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research at ...

The macula is the center part of your retina. It gives you your central vision, what you see right in front of you. When the macula is damaged, you can still see around the edges of your vision, ...