NEW YORK — Scleral buckling may offer good outcomes for retinal detachment, but only 43.5% of children requiring surgery for retinal detachment receive it, according to a speaker. “[Retinal detachment ...

We retrospectively evaluated the outcome of simultaneous scleral buckle and BGI surgery for patients with glaucoma requiring a scleral buckle for retinal detachment repair over a 10-year period. To ...

A 74-year-old man was referred to the oculoplastic service at Tufts Medical Center/New England Eye Center for evaluation of a ...

If the retina has become detached and the detachment is too large for laser treatment or cryotherapy alone, surgery is necessary to "reattach" the retina. Without some type of retinal reattachment ...

Dr. Michael Kapusta, MD, FRSCS, Ophthalmologist, talks about retinal detachment and scleral buckle repair as a treatment. FBI warns of 3-phase scam that is draining bank accounts Trump announces ...

Medicare does not typically cover vision correction, including scleral lenses. However, it may make an exception if a doctor or another healthcare professional deems it medically necessary. Medicare ...

We evaluated 30 eyes of 30 patients (83% men, 50% white) with a mean age of 53.1 ± 21.3 years (range, 12 to 87 y) and mean follow-up time of 27.7 ± 20.1 months (range, 6 to 88 mo) (Table 1). Patients ...