Category: Eye conditions

While surgery remains the standard of care for many macular holes, a study from 2021 found that a three-drug regimen of medicated eye drops helped close macular holes smaller than 200 micrometers. The primary approved medication for select cases is an injection called ocriplasmin, providing a non-surgical alternative for some patients with smaller macular holes.

Pupils naturally constrict and dilate thousands of times a day in response to light, but in a miotic eye, the pupil remains persistently small. A miotic eye is a medical term for a condition of abnormal and sustained pupil constriction that can affect one or both eyes, often signaling an underlying health issue.