FLACS combined with vitrectomy offers shorter surgical duration and better visual recovery than conventional phacoemulsification plus vitrectomy.

In advanced stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR), vitreoretinal surgery (most often vitrectomy with or without intraocular tamponades) can be used to clear blood or scar tissue from the retina or ...

Dear Doctors: You recently stated in a column about eye floaters that there is no cure at this time. I got a vitrectomy for this condition, and it was life-changing for me. By no means is this ...

A 54-year-old woman presented with a 10-day history of decreased vision and metamorphopsia in her right eye. Other than bilateral cataracts, no other ocular abnormalities were found. The ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

María Berrocal, MD, titled her Kreissig Award Lecture "Throwing away wisdom: How we abandon what works." María Berrocal, from Drs. Berrocal and Associates in San Juan, Puerto Rico, delivered the ...

Khloe Kardashian is sharing just how she got that revenge body. After Dr. Jonny Betteridge—a viral doctor with an aesthetics clinic in London—shared a video alleging that Khloe may have undergone a ...

Combined cataract extraction and vitrectomy spawned from an initial need to remove the opaque lens in order to maximize visualization during vitrectomy surgery. One early report described a technique ...

1 Eye Clinic, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy 2 Department of Experimental Medicine, University of ...

A surgical procedure called lateral extra-articular tenodesis (LET) boosts the recovery for patients suffering from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. LET is often performed at the same ...