A retinal tear occurs when the back lining of the eye gets a small hole or rip in it. This can lead to retinal detachment, a medical emergency in which the back layer of the eye becomes detached from ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - It can start with a few floaters or light flashes in your vision. While typically harmless, they can be signs of something more serious. Dr. Clayton Kirk, retina specialist ...

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 ...

Retinal Detachment is an emergency. Symptoms may include sudden flashes of light, "floaters," or even a shadow or curtain coming down to obscure part of your vision. Here two ophthalmologists are ...

A retinal tear can cause light flashes or a sudden increase in eye floaters. While a retinal tear is unlikely to damage vision, it can lead to serious complications such as retinal detachment. Retinal ...

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 ...

Retinal tear surgery and retinal detachment surgery are distinct medical procedures. The retina is a thin layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of your eyes. Your eye lens focuses light onto ...

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 ...

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 ...