We used a retinal tomographic analyser to study the profile of the retinal surface in patients with stage 3 and 4 idiopathic macular holes, to attempt to elucidate the direction of forces present. The ...

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, ...

A macular hole may progress through four stages, each with different features. An early stage hole may resolve without treatment, while a later stage hole typically requires surgery. The macula is a ...

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, ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...