Today, we are fortunate to have effective medications for many common retinal diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Although it sounds horrible initially, the experience of an intravitreal injection – injecting medication directly into the eye –is tolerated very, very well...

Laser therapy involves focusing light on the retina. Traditional “hot” laser causes a burn mark on the retina. This can be useful in treating retinal tears and certain forms of diabetic retinopathy...

This procedure is a method of treating retinal detachments in the office. Depending on your situation, you may not need any further intervention, but in other instance it is utilized as a temporizing procedure until an operating room procedure can be performed...

A vitrectomy is a surgical procedure performed in the operating room. During this procedure the patient is usually sedated, and numbing medication is administered near the eye, so that there is no pain...

A scleral buckle can be implanted around the eye for certain patients with retinal detachments. In this surgery, a silicone band is placed in contact with the “white” part of the eye (the sclera) to push the outer eye wall closer to the detached retina...