The incidence of persistent ‘blebs’ or ‘clefts’ of subretinal fluid on OCT following macroscopically successful retinal detachment surgery is reported to vary from 0 to 94%, with first ...

Detachment is when the retina separates from the back of the eye. Both are emergencies. ... If they need more information, they may perform an ultrasound or optical coherence tomography.

Read stories and expert opinion articles on Retinal detachment at thehealthsite.com. ... With the procedure, your doctor can see tears, holes, or retinal detachment. Optical coherence tomography ...

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On OCT, the initial focus of retinitis appears as a hyperreflective area in the inner retina with localized shadowing of the outer retinal layers (Fig. 3). As the inflammation progresses, retinal ...

At Retina 2012, SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, discussed the use of Doppler SD-OCT in measuring retinal blood flow. Dr. Sadda said that angiography is useful in detecting leakage or visualizing retinal ...

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is when the gel-like fluid inside the eye gets behind the retina and pushes it away from its supporting blood vessels. RRD is one type of retinal detachment ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) occurs when the vitreous—a gel-like fluid in the eye—detaches from the retina. This results in eye floaters ...

Despite extensive advances in the management of retinal detachment (RD) over the past 40 years, RD repair continues to further evolve and improve. As Dr. Patrick Williams notes in this column, the ...

At first, detachment might only affect a small part of the retina. Without treatment, however, the whole retina can peel off, and a person risks losing the vision from that eye.