Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, said that some ophthalmologists downplay the effects of more serious floaters, which he called ...

Traction RD occurs when traction directly elevates the neurosensory retina from the RPE, without creating ... horseshoe retinal tear with a localized superotemporal retinal detachment in a phakic ...

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

resulting in tears and retinal detachment. Interestingly, a lot of the patients analyzed in the study were white men who were highly myopic, Ahmed said. “It’s important to identify the risk ...