News Archives - Retina Specialists Huntington Beach 92647

04 Sep Interview With Dr. Sebag on Managing Floaters

Posted at 11:11h in Floaters, News

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25 Jun Dr. Sebag Attends The Club Jules Gonin 34th Biennial Meeting

Posted at 00:57h in Events, Floaters, Lectures, News, Research

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25 May Dr. Sebag Lectures at ARVO 2024 in Seattle

Posted at 00:40h in Events, Lectures, News, Research

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11 Oct ARTICLE: Managing Vitreous Floaters

Posted at 13:20h in Floaters, News, Research

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This article summarizes our decade long experience in evaluating and treating hundreds of patients with vision degrading myodesopsia from vitreous flaoters....

08 Jun Near-Sightedness (Myopia) causes Vitreous Floaters

Posted at 08:00h in Floaters, News, Research

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Floaters arise from the vitreous body, the gel that fills the center of the eye. Myopia is the clinical term for near-sightedness that is due to abnormal elongation of the eye. A common reason to perform vitrectomy (surgery to remove the gel in the center of...

10 May Dr. Sebag Pens Invited Editorial Reaffirming Safety and Efficacy of Vitrectomy for Floaters

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Floaters arise from the vitreous body, the gel that fills the center of the eye. A recent study (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2020.07.015) examined data from the American Academy of Ophthalmology to analyze re-operations following vitrectomy (surgery to remove vitreous from the center of the eye) for Vision Degrading Myodesopsia...

07 May Postoperative Outcomes of Idiopathic Epiretinal Membrane Associated With Foveoschisis

Posted at 13:06h in News

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On April 21, 2021, Dr. Sebag, Dr. Gui of the VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina and Dr. Hubschman of the Stein Eye Institute at UCLA published a letter to the editor in the British Journal of Ophthalmology entitled “Re: Lam et al.: Postoperative outcomes of idiopathic...

07 May Importance of the Inner Limiting Membrane in Adults

Posted at 12:30h in News

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On March 20, 2021, Dr. Sebag, Dr. Gui of the VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina and colleagues at the Doheny Eye Institute at UCLA and the Beverly Hills Institute of Ophthalmology published a letter to the editor in the Journal Experimental Eye Research entitled “Importance of the...

26 Apr Dr. Sebag’s Research on Vision Degrading Myodesopsia (Floaters) Published in Progress in Retinal and Eye Research Journal

Posted at 06:33h in Floaters, News, Research

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To date, most doctors considered ‘floaters’ to be little more than nuisances. However, recent studies have shown that there can be severe effects on vision, specifically the ability to discern shades of gray, which is an important component of vision. This condition has been named...

30 Mar Dr. Sebag Invited to Speak at Vitreoretinal Meeting

Posted at 09:29h in Events, Lectures, News

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Dr. Sebag is pleased to announce he has been invited to speak as a special guest speaker at the Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment – understanding and avoiding failure virtual meeting. The meeting, organized by Alcon Experience Academy, will be held on April 28th, 2021. In his...