Ophthalmologist and retinal surgeon Dimitra Skondra, MD, Ph.D., knows that developing any new treatment can be fraught with false hopes and unexpected setbacks. She is cautiously optimistic, however, ...

Feb. 10, 2004 — Surgery for full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) is safe and effective, improving visual outcome compared with natural history, according to the results of a randomized trial published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous unsuccessful topical therapy does not affect outcomes in patients who undergo surgical macular hole ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (UPI) --Nutritional supplements that contain curcumin -- a natural anti-inflammatory compound -- may protect the eyes from the development and progression of age-related macular ...

Facedown positioning following surgery is not more likely to close large (≥400 mcm) macular holes compared with seating faced forward, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. However, ...

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 modified OCT-based positioning regimen based on risk factors may be used to obtain complete, persistent closure of macular holes or to determine the duration of postoperative positioning, according ...

Purpose: To see whether surgical success and complication rates in surgery for full- thickness macular holes (FTMH) followed by 5 days prone posturing are comparable to those obtained with longer ...

There's a new way doctors are saving sight without surgery. Doctors say one common reason for vision loss is macular holes. They happen when fibers in the eye pull away and tear the retina. People ...

Dear Dr. Douma: Would you please include in your column information about macular degeneration. I understand that dark green vegetables are helpful. Is there anything else I can be doing to prevent it ...

Laser photocoagulation is a type of eye surgery. It’s not a common way to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but it might be the right choice for some people. Talk to your doctor about ...