Laser surgery detached retina
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If his retina is detached, this is an EMERGENCY! Surgery is the only option. The longer the retina is detached the greater the chances are that damage will be done to the retina and sight will be lost.
If his retina is torn and laser was done in the doctor's office then the eye should be monitored, the retina could still detach.
A retina specialist found I had retina tears in both eyes and my vitreous is completely detached from the retina. He sealed the tears with laser. I am quite near-sighted (-8 both eyes) and the cataract surgery went well.
My two questions:
1. Is it likely for me to have more retina tears even after the vitreous has been detached completely?
2. Will I still be at risk of getting retina detachment because of my strong near sightedness and the fact that I had cataract surgery?
On a routine retinal exam today it was discovered today that I have a detached retina in my left eye. I had three tears repaired with a laser prior to this. My surgeon whom I have been seeing for two years (I had a detachment in the right eye in 2010 which required a victrectomy/endolaser/gas to repair) said he could fix the new detachment with a gas bubble which I had today and laser on Tuesday. Nothing was said about physical restrictions other sleeping with my head inclined about 40degrees.
I had an operation for a detached retina a couple of years ago. Vision is fine. Went in for a check up and there is now minor scarring on the retina (on a scale of 1-10 it is a 1 being smallest risk). Was told nothing to worry about that it is very common after surgery. No one mentioned it before so I assume it is recent. what can that scarring cause?
I was just told I need to have the buckle removed for a detached retina I had in 1995. I have had redness and can actually see the buckle when I look to the left, it is separating. The Dr said he would remove it and laser. He said I will be very myopic after words. I am nervous I will have another detatchment and about the recovery. Sooo painful and long last time. - over three months for the swelling to go down. Has anyone had a buckel removal - any issues.concerns?
Thanks so much!!
I had retina surgery in 2008 on my right eye. I, unfortunately didn't get the surgery for 6 weeks after I got the initial "flash" , "floaters" and gray clouded area in eye. The surgery turned out to be intensive with scural buckle, gas bubble and periferal vision loss.
ve been seeing bunch of new floaters and a shadow in my upper vision for 2 weeks. I went to an ophthalmologist and they said the retina has been detached. I am gonna have the vitrectomy in a few days. It detached in the lower part of the retina so the process of detaching is advancing slowly. Now I have a question. I have a high myopia -6 on both eyes and I am a healthy 20 year old. I haven't been hit in the eye. So the detachment probably came from the vitreous pulling on my retina.
5 months since my surgery and I was told to wait for another month for the scarred tissue to form before doing another surgery to treat PVR. Is that too long to wait since my retina is detached again? And will silicone oil prevent scarred tissue from forming? I'm not able to see anything in my right eye and scared that my vision will be gone forever if I wait too long. What would happen if I don't do any more surgery to treat PVR?
Dear Doctors,
Do you offer to get PRK surgery for a monocular person whose remaining eye's retina is sealed by laser because of tears. He has high myopia and fed up to wear glasses.
Thank you.
In October 2010 I had laser surgery for a detached retina. A cataract was removed at the same time. In January an exterior lens was inserted. Later that month the retina detached again and I had a second surgery to attach it. The Macula also partly detached and I now have scar rtisuue on the retina. In August, the artificial lens which seemed to be causing considerable discomfort was replaced with an internal lens. My eye is constantly irritated and painful.
One week after that surgery the retina detached at the top. The third ppd was then required and a replenishment of the gas bubble. Too much gas was injected and I had to return 2 hours later to have some gas bled off to relive the pressure. Now the gas bubble has completely dissolved and the retina surgeon used a laser on the eye to correct the vision. The result of these surgeries have left me with blurry vision and everything I see is much smaller looking than it is.
The day after the cryo, the retina detached and I had surgery two days later - vitrectomy, laser 350 degrees around my eye as the doctor wanted to avoid a reoccurrence like the one I experienced with my right eye. I had a gas bubble. I was pretty nervous. A month later all seemed well, I went back to work. Within two weeks, the retina detached completely, involving the macula. (This hadn't happened to me before).
I am writing for a friend who had cataract surgery on one eye and later had a detached retina in that eye. She had several surgeries to repair but none were completely successful. She has recently had cataract sugery on the other eye and now has a small hole in this retina (discovered Friday 10/10/08) and they fear another detached retina.
My retina detached October 25, 2007 resulting in having laser surgery December 16, 2007 to repair a hole in my macula resulting from the detachment. My vision is still blurry and I suffer what I call "orb" aches--intense pain around the eye that was affected. Sometimes the pain travels down to my jaw, sometimes to my ear, sometimes to my forehead. Is this pain sinus? Is there any connection to having a detached retina and increased sinus pain?
However, it seems more than likely that it was a combination between the former and the surgery as well as laser treatments. Yes, laser is used to create scar tissue which allows the retina to adhere to the back of the eye. Depending on the strength/power of the laser it may cause vision loss. Even a few minutes after a laser session you may have a temporary black out of vision.
checkup surgeon said the retina was trying to detach again at the top edge of eye. Another surgery next day with with gas bubble but buckle added and laser used for retina tear. Have been in tons of pain since this surgery, drooping eye lid which only opens once in awhile and watery discharge every day. Two weeks later retina detached again. Third surgery done 3 days later. This time gas removed and silicon oil added, tear treated with laser and cataract removed during same surgery.
what are the risks in posterior capsulotomy for opacity following cataract surgery?
Is there any way to reduce risk of "flashing lights" and/or detached retina following laser surgery?
This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/744425'>intermittent cloudiness on right eye</a>.
First of all these problems are each one of a kind and do not lend themselves to setting "odds" like much more standard procedures like cataract surgery or eye muscle surgery. If she has proliferative diabetic retinopathy the risks to her better eye is probably much better with the laser than allowing the PDR to get out of control. The surgeon that looks in the eye is the only one that can give you both the risks of both treatment and non treatment and try and quantitate them.
These are not affecting my sight, but the fear is that the retina will become completely detached and then I’ll be in trouble. He recommended laser photocoagulation surgery to repair the damage. He said if I wait maybe a detachment wouldn’t occur, but with 3 tears it’s a lot more likely.
Since this is my only good eye, I am quite concerned. If the surgery goes wrong or if there’s excess scaring etc. I’m done. Not sure if it affects the eye, but my body heals very slow and scars very deep.
I had almost a complete detached retina at 6 months pregnacy. I had to have emergency for a scleral buckle (around entire eye) surgery with no anestesia which was really scary. I was also severly limited with pain medication during and after so the operation was still felt. The hospital actually tried to cancel my surgery the morning of for fear or litigation (if anything happened to the baby) but my doctor was awesome.
2) if one with severe nearsightedness did get a detached retina from the surgery, I understand it would usually (not always, maybe) be of one specific type: thus, what type of corrective procedure would likely need to be done for that type; i.e. would laser surgery correct or would you need to go with the band, etc.?
Any insights would be extremely welcome. And, it's the old adage: what would you advise your mother or father to do if they were in the same exact situation?
However, the laser treatment cannot make the circle of the detached retina because of capability of the laser equipment itself. He said he lasered as a water dam. (No cryopexy needed)
My question is: How important is the peripheral retina to the vision?
Will the detached retina get back to normal at a specific of time?
I had retina detachment (including macula detached). Gone through surgery with gas. Three weeks later, again there were tears in retina hence gone through scleral buckle surgery with oil. Oil was removed three months later. During oil removal, scar tissue was removed as well. Filtered air was filled in then. It’s been two weeks since oil is removed but I still see cloudy vision. I feel like everything is behind the fog. When will my vision become clear?
There are several methods of fixing a detached retina, including laser photocoagulation, cryotherapy, scleral buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, and pneumatic retinopexy. Technically, each of the procedures can be done independently of one another. However, depending on the extent of the detachment and other factors the retinal surgeon may choose to use a combination of the above procedures.
Hey, I just went through detached retina surgery twice in 2 weeks. The first time it didn't work, I had a migraine and the next day another tear. The doctor said if it wasn't for the laser from the first surgery it would have been so much worse the second time. The second surgery they put the buckle around and I have been in a lot of pain ever since. It has been 3 weeks and every time I do anything like reading under a bright light or move around to much the pain is unbearable.
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