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Analysis of retinal shape with optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been valuable in describing different ophthalmic conditions. An effective method for retinal contour delineation is graph theory.

Eye floaters can be a sign of retinal detachment, but there are many other causes. Some surgeries may help remove eye floaters that result from a detached retina.

An attached hyaloid in the fellow eye of patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment portends a 160% elevated risk of detachment.

A vitreous detachment by itself does not cause any visual problems. However, it is associated with a significant number of patients who have retinal tears or the formation of a macular hole. These ...

The vitreous shrinks with age and some disease conditions, becoming more watery. As a result it pulls away from the retina, eventually breaking the strands. This is known as vitreous detachment.

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 ...

The vitreous humor, or vitreous body, is an essential part of the eye. This gel-like liquid helps the eye maintain its shape and acts as a shock absorber. Learn more about the vitreous humor here.

In this article, we look at what vitreous detachment is in more detail, as well as its symptoms, potential complications, causes and risk factors, and treatment.

After removing the core vitreous, the manual posterior vitreous detachment (if absent) was induced using vitreous cutter near the optic disc. Careful inspection was performed routinely with the ...

Aims To investigate the impact of posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) on the efficacy of treat-and-extend (T&E) ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Methods In a post hoc ...