Prophylactic argon laser photocoagulation should be used in myopic patients with retinal tears or breaks before those patients undergo LASIK, a study suggests. The authors contend that repairing the ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Laser photocoagulation increases retinal blood flow in eyes with central retinal vein occlusion, although not to normal levels, a study here showed. Photocoagulation was also found ...

A retinal tear is a small split or hole in the lining of the back of the eye. The condition is not painful and may not damage a person’s eyesight. However, a torn retina can progress to a retinal ...

To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy and safety of gas tamponade combined with laser photocoagulation for optic disc pit maculopathy. Treatment with C 3 F 8 tamponade followed by laser ...

Why did a 38-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop choroidal Yasunari nodules in both eyes? That's what Danish clinicians had to figure out when the patient presented for a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Retinopathy of prematurity seems to respond equally to either an injection with aflibercept or laser photocoagulation when infants who were treated reached age 2 years, according to ...

Alexander Sher, assistant professor of physics, has received a grant totaling $2.5 million over five years from the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant ...

This prospective, randomized, multicenter, open-label phase 2/3 trial assessed the effect of panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) plus intravitreal ranibizumab versus PRP alone in the treatment of ...

Injecting the eye with the corticosteroid triamcinolone appears effective in improving the vision of some patients with retinal vein occlusion, an important cause of vision loss that results from ...