“We’re going to have to give you what’s called a scleral buckle. The buckle will help to reattach the retina to the surface of the eye.” Ahead of her surgery — which is intended to ...

Scleral buckling works through a variety of proposed mechanisms, some of which are generally agreed upon and some of which are not. [16] Scleral buckling indirectly relieves radial vitreous ...

The following is a summary of “Adjuvant Brachytherapy Using Iodine-125 Plaques for Conjunctival Melanoma with Scleral ...

Traditional contact lenses sit on your eye’s cornea, but scleral lenses are gas-permeable lenses designed to sit on your sclera or whites of your eyes. Because scleral lenses are large ...

Children with ocular surface disease and irregular cornea/refractive conditions treated with scleral lenses experienced improvement in visual acuity. Larger diameters did not prevent successful ...

Now the UAB Eye Care patient has gotten relief with the help of scleral lenses. “I am truly grateful for scleral lenses, for they have greatly enhanced my quality of life,” Wells said. Scleral lenses ...