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 ...
If I could use one word to sum up my eye health journey, it would be long. Not hard, excruciating or annoying-long. The reason? It lasted over a year and a half and resulted in four surgeries to fix ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Statin use reduced proliferative vitreoretinopathy risk by 47% and complex reoperation rate by 48%. All dosing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...
People on statin therapy to lower their cholesterol may derive an additional benefit if they undergo intraocular surgery to repair a retinal detachment caused by a retinal tear: a slightly lower risk ...
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, ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Retinal re-detachment after cataract extraction can still occur in patients who previously underwent pars plana ...
What should you do if, after waking up in the morning, it looks as though a black curtain has descended over one side of your ...