Detached retina means lifting away of the retina from the back of the eye. The retina is a sensitive tissue made up of nerve cells called rods and cones. The retina is present in the backside of ...

When a chronic medical condition is the cause of a detached retina, your symptoms can occur gradually. Your treatment depends ...

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) occurs when the vitreous—a gel-like fluid ...

The most common causes of low vision were errors of refraction ... (18.4%), whereas blindness was primarily caused by retinal detachment (14.3%). Regarding eye surgeries, 34% of patients with ...