Key Takeaways: Retinal tear is a small rip in the retina, often from the eye’s gel (vitreous) pulling as it changes with age. Main causes: Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), eye injury/trauma, high myopia (long, thin eyes), lattice degeneration (thin weak
Do you know how complex the structure of the eye is? Multiple small yet very important parts come together to form the whole eye and function in tandem to ensure good vision. The retina is one of these parts and
Before we dwell on what a retinal tear implant is, let’s have a basic understanding of the retina. To put it simply, the retina is a thin layer composed of tissue that lines the back of the eye on the
