Surgeon dispels misconceptions about retina surgery

NEW YORK — Three common misconceptions about retina surgery are that it takes a long time, patients do not see well after surgery and patients have to be face down after surgery, according to a speaker here. “Most of you may have trained back in an era of 20-gauge surgery. You may have trained at a time where people did not see improvement or when retinal surgery was painful,” John W. Kitchens, MD, said at OSN New York 2014. “Some of these things are historical. We do things a lot (Read more...)

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