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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Medicated drops may help close small macular holes over a two- to eight-week period, allowing some people to avoid surgery to fix the vision problem, a new study suggests. The findings, based on a ...

Germany's IQWiG Confirms That ThromboGenics' JETREA® Demonstrates Major Added Value for the Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction and Macular Hole ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR) a ...

Over the past two decades, the role of vitreomacular adhesion in vitreomacular interface pathologies, such as vitreomacular traction syndrome, epiretinal membrane and macular hole, has been ...

Julie Rosenthal, MD, MS, discusses the future direction of research into treating age-related macular degeneration.

Macular degeneration, particularly age-related macular degeneration, is a leading cause of vision loss worldwide. This condition affects the central part of the retina, known as the macula, which is ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Geographic atrophy affects approximately one million people in the United States and is commonly associated with both dry and wet macular degeneration. Now a new treatment is ...