What Is Posterior Vitreous Detachment? Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is an eye condition that naturally happens with age, when gel that usually fills your eyeball detaches from your retina. If ...

Floaters, which are small dark spots or squiggly lines that move across your line of sight, become increasingly common with age. They may be especially noticeable when you look at a high-contrast area ...

As we age, the vitreous inside the eye tends to shrink and may eventually separate from the inside surface of the eye. This is called a posterior vitreous detachment or PVD. When the vitreous pulls ...

December 9, 2009 — Patients with acute onset of floaters and/or flashes caused by suspected posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), or patients with known PVD and a change in symptoms, should be ...

the lens, the transparent structure located behind the iris the cornea, the eye’s outermost layer the retina, the tissue lining the back of the eyes the vitreous body, a clear gel-like substance that ...