In children with Marfan syndrome who undergo lens removal, the risk for retinal detachment increases 16-fold when capsular residue is present and by 30% with increase in axial length. Researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Risk factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cataract surgery include younger age, ...

If you were to tell me that at the beginning of the year, I would spend half of it going blind, having eye surgery and dealing with various post-op complications, I would have laughed. No, seriously, ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Key Takeaways A detached retina is an eye emergency that can lead to blindness if ...

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is when the gel-like fluid inside the eye gets behind the retina and pushes it away from its supporting blood vessels. RRD is one type of retinal detachment (RD ...

Seven different postoperative complications occurred two to four times more often in patients who had a history of intravitreal drug injections as compared with those who did not. Among complications ...

Private equity (PE) firms have increased their ownership stake across health care sectors in the US. PE’s focus on short-term profitability may decrease the provision of unprofitable services, ...