Following laser surgery (photocoagulation) to repair a retinal tear, a person can expect a fairly brief recovery period with minimal discomfort. Temporary symptoms may include mild irritation and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREECE – A 9-year-old boy in Greece ...

This retrospective case series included 11 eyes of 11 patients with laser-induced MHs treated by pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling, and gas or silicone oil tamponade.

The boy, who was not identified, was playing with a green laser and suffered severe consequences. New England Journal of Medicine A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking ...

About 1 in 20 people who have had a laser procedure to patch a retinal tear will have another retinal tear or, worse, a retinal detachment after they have cataract surgery, an analysis of a large ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

The Today co-host suffered from a form of retinal detachment after her son hit her in the eye with a toy train Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL ...

A 9-year-old boy in Greece permanently injured his left eye when he repeatedly gazed into a laser pointer’s green beam, doctors say. Examination revealed a large hole in the macula, a small area in ...