There was a stage IV full-thickness macular hole, and a vasoproliferative tumour in the inferior peripheral retina, surrounded by exudates and shallow sub-retinal fluid.

A 68-year-old woman underwent vitrectomy for stage 4 idiopathic macular hole. Preoperative evaluation of the macular hole biomicroscopically and imaging with optical coherence tomography showed ...

A macular hole will cause blurred and distorted central vision, but they begin gradually. In the early stage, people might notice a slight distortion or blurriness when they look directly in front ...

Mark R. Flora, OD, of Hampstead, N.C., said this stage 4 macular hole occurred spontaneously in a 61-year-old Caucasian female patient in 2009.

While treatment advances over the past decade have successfully closed more than 90% of macular holes, stubborn cases that defy treatment persist, researchers explained in background notes.

While treatment advances over the past decade have successfully closed more than 90% of macular holes, stubborn cases that defy treatment persist, researchers explained in background notes.

A study published by the German EXPORT study group came to reassuring conclusions concerning vitrectomy surgery in eyes in which previous ocriplasmin treatment for macular hole has failed. The ...

A reputed specialist optometrist based in Belfast, has acquired the first approved treatment for early and mid-stage dry macular degeneration, using a special machine which offers light therapy.

Geographic atrophy affects approximately one million people in the United States and is commonly associated with both dry and wet macular degeneration.

Medicated drops may help close small macular holes over a two- to eight-week period, allowing some people to avoid surgery to fix the vision problem, a new study suggests.

TREATMENT: Some macular holes can seal themselves and do not require treatment. Surgery is necessary in many cases to improve vision. It is called vitrectomy, the vitreous gel is removed and ...