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  2. Retinal detachment - Wikipedia

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    [6] [9] [10] This is the most common type of retinal detachment. [6] Tractional retinal detachment occurs when scar tissue on the retina exerts a pulling force, leading to detachment. [6] [10] This is occurs in the absence of retinal tears or breaks and is most commonly associated with abnormal blood vessel growth due to proliferative diabetic ...

  3. Posterior vitreous detachment - Wikipedia

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    The risk of retinal detachment is the greatest in the first 6 weeks following a vitreous detachment, but can occur over 3 months after the event.. The risk of retinal tears and detachment associated with vitreous detachment is higher in patients with myopic retinal degeneration, lattice degeneration, and a familial or personal history of previous retinal tears/detachment.

  4. Vitreomacular adhesion - Wikipedia

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    Mechanism of Action: Ocriplasmin is a truncated human plasmin with proteolytic activity against protein components of the vitreous body and vitreoretinal interface. It dissolves the protein matrix responsible for the vitreomacular adhesion.

  5. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease that develops as a complication of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.PVR occurs in about 8–10% of patients undergoing primary retinal detachment surgery and prevents the successful surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

  6. Persistent fetal vasculature - Wikipedia

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    Persistent fetal vasculature (PFV), also known as persistent fetal vasculature syndrome (PFVS), and until 1997 known primarily as persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV), [1] is a rare congenital anomaly which occurs when blood vessels within the developing eye, known as the embryonic hyaloid vasculature network, fail to regress as they normally would in-utero after the eye is fully ...

  7. Mortgage and refinance rates for Dec. 2, 2024: Average rates ...

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    The fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage is 6.10%, up 8 basis points from last week's average 6.02%. These figures are lower than a year ago, when rates averaged 7.22% for a 30-year term and 6.56% ...

  8. How to Get Rid of Blisters, According to Doctors - AOL

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    December 3, 2024 at 10:16 AM. How to Get Rid of Blisters, According to Doctors playb - Getty Images. BLISTERS MIGHT NOT seem like a big deal—until you get one and remember how debilitating they ...

  9. Photopsia - Wikipedia

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    Vitreous shrinkage or liquefaction, which is the most common cause of photopsia, causes a pull in vitreoretinal attachments, ... 10.1024/1016-264X.19.1.7;