Floaters are a common vision complaint of people young and old. Recent R & D has identified the causes and developed new diagnostic approaches for clinical evaluation. These improvements have facilitated medical decision-making enabling treatments that improve vision. This interview discusses the current management of...
Dr. Sebag presented a lecture on Limited Vitrectomy for Vision Degrading Myodesopsia from Vitreous Floaters. The lecture described the origin(s) of floaters, the clinical tests performed to diagnose advanced cases (called Vision Degrading Myodesopsia), and the successful results obtained with limited vitrectomy surgery. The data...
Dr. Sebag presented a lecture at ARVO Imaging Conference on May 4 entitled “Quantitative Ultrasonography of Vitreous to Image the Invisible”. On May 7, Dr. Sebag presented a lecture in the Vitreo-Retinal Surgery session on Asteroid Hyalosis....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...