DEAR DR. ROACH: I visited an eye doctor, and I have a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD). I am a 59-year-old female. Can you advise me? Can I go blind? I am very, very scared. -- T.R. ANSWER: The ...

A pharmacologic agent that could facilitate the induction of a posterior vitreous detachment would allow for the treatment of symptomatic VMA in a large pool of patients that do not have a treatment ...

YAG laser vitreolysis effectively treated symptomatic vitreous floaters, according to a report published in the September issue of JAMA Ophthalmology. Posterior vitreous detachment occurs in 65% of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW YORK — Pars plana vitrectomy was efficacious and had a similar risk profile to other procedures for the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Even though the majority of anterior segment surgeries proceed smoothly, there is the ...

Vitreous in children has a consistency that resembles egg whites. As people age, it becomes more liquid. Thinning vitreous can cause the retina to separate from the back wall of the eye, often ...

Vitreous floaters are microscopic clumps of collagen fibres in the vitreous that cast shadows on the retina, appearing as floaters. The most common cause of vitreous floaters is posterior vitreous ...