Suprachorodial hemorrhage can be managed effectively with a conservative approach, but if surgical intervention becomes necessary, timing is critical for optimizing the outcome and minimally invasive techniques can be considered, said John W. Kitchens, MD.
Removing a small area of internal limiting membrane at the intended site of a subretinal injection allows the injection to be delivered without penetrating the retina.
Looking back at 2016, incremental improvements in devices are changing how retina surgeons approach and treat surgeries, said a group of experts. For Charles Wykoff, MD, PhD, two novel improvements may not radically alter surgical approaches today, but will have a long-lasting impact down the road.
Experience with en face OCT shows its value for following disease progression in wet and dry age-related macular degeneration and in diseases that disrupt the inner segment/outer segment/ellipsoid zone.
Retina surgeons considered 2015 to be an exciting time in the subspecialty in all areas and pointed to the availability and increased use of 27-gauge instrumentation as one of the real highlights of surgical retina.
The advent of a retinal prosthesis system offers a second chance at sight for patients with vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa.
PIONEER study results find that intraoperative optical coherence tomography is vital for vitreoretinal surgery and recovery.
