Dossier
retinal detachment
Coverage of retinal detachment in the Nexus archive.
- Statins Tied to Lower Major Complication Risk After Retinal Surgery
A large propensity-matched analysis found that people with a history of statin use had nearly a 50% lower risk of two major complications after retinal detachment surgery. The study involved almost 7,500 patients undergoing the procedure.
- Fearing ‘bad luck’ omen, Chinese man repeatedly slaps twitching right eye, damaging vision
A man in Wuhan, China, named Le suffered retinal detachment after repeatedly slapping his twitching right eyelid, driven by the superstition that a twitching right eye omens disaster. The belief aligns with a common Chinese saying linking left eye twitches to wealth and right eye twitches to misfortune.