Retinal Detachment

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Demetrios G. Vavvas, MD, PhD, discusses being the recipient of the 2022 Kreissig Award and the pathogenesis of photoreceptor loss after retinal detachment.

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023, Caroline R. Baumal, MD, previews retinal meeting topics, including her own presentation on pediatric retinal detachment.

CHICAGO — Shelter-in-place orders used to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 decreased visual acuity improvements for patients with retinal detachments, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

CHICAGO — Adjunctive treatment did not reduce the rate of retinal detachment in acute retinal necrosis more than the gold standard treatment of systemic antivirals alone, according to a study presented here.

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.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Recurrent retinal detachment can occur after silicone oil removal following retinal detachment surgery. A study investigating risk factors found previous silicone oil exchange as the only significant association.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Avoiding retinal breaks is important when treating tabletop traction retinal detachment cases, according to a speaker here.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Air could be a safe and affordable alternative to gas for tamponade during retinal detachment surgery, according to a speaker at the Retina World Congress.

PHILADELPHIA — Misdiagnosis is responsible for the deaths of 40,000 to 80,000 individuals in all of medicine each year, according to a speaker here.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Recurrent retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy can be effectively managed by vitrectomy, membrane peeling, retinectomy, laser and silicone oil, with the oil then removed 3 to 4 months later.