The retina is supported by a jelly-like transparent fluid known as vitreous. Retinal detachment occurs suddenly or spontaneously. When retinal detachment occurs, the retina does not function well ...

Regardless of size, tears may occur along the edges of lattice degeneration, chorioretinal scars, or in areas of apparently normal retina ... of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment are retinal ...

Tertiary syphilis, which can develop years to decades after the initial infection, is characterized by chronic inflammatory ...

causing the retina to detach. If this is not promptly treated, vision loss can occur. A retinal detachment is when the retina pulls away from the tissues that nourish it. Without the needed blood ...

In this Healio Video Perspective from the COPHy meeting, José García-Arumí, MD, PhD, summarizes a debate session he co-chaired on scleral buckling vs. vitrectomy in retinal detachment surgery.

Dr. Michael Kapusta, MD, FRSCS, Ophthalmologist, talks about what a retinal detachment is, including causes and symptoms.