| Retinal Detachment Surgery | | | | getting worse, and it supports the layers of the |
| Surgery is the only treatment for retinal | | | | retina. |
| detachment. The goals of surgery are: | | | | * Pneumatic retinopexy. In this procedure, your |
| * To reattach the retina. See an illustration of a | | | | eye doctor injects a gas bubble into the middle of |
| detached retina. | | | | the eyeball. The gas bubble floats to the detached |
| * To prevent or reverse vision loss. | | | | area and presses lightly against the detached |
| Almost all retinal detachments can be repaired | | | | retina, flattening it so that the fluid below it can be |
| with scleral buckle surgery or pneumatic | | | | reabsorbed. The eye doctor then uses a freezing |
| retinopexy. | | | | probe cryopexy or laser beam (photocoagulation) |
| But even with such a high rate of success for | | | | to seal the tear in the retina. |
| surgery, it is important to act quickly. The longer | | | | * Vitrectomy. This is the removal of the vitreous |
| you wait to have surgery, the lower the chances | | | | gel from the eye. Vitrectomy gives your eye |
| that good vision will be restored. Once the retina | | | | doctor better access to the retina and other |
| loses contact with its supporting layers, vision | | | | tissues. It allows him or her to peel scar tissue off |
| begins to get worse. An eye doctor | | | | the retina, repair holes, close very large tears, and |
| (ophthalmologist) who specializes in retinal | | | | directly flatten a retinal detachment. |
| detachments will usually perform surgery within a | | | | The most common methods of repairing a retinal |
| few days of your being diagnosed with a | | | | tear include: |
| detachment. | | | | * Laser photocoagulation, in which an intense |
| How soon you need surgery usually depends on | | | | beam of light travels through the eye and makes |
| whether the retinal detachment has or could | | | | tiny burns around the tear in the retina. The burns |
| spread far enough to affect central vision. Once | | | | form scars that prevent fluid from getting under |
| the macula, the part of the retina that provides | | | | the retina. |
| central vision, loses contact with the layer | | | | * Cryopexy(freezing) in which your eye doctor |
| beneath it, it quickly loses its ability to process | | | | uses a probe to freeze and seal the retina around |
| what the eye sees. | | | | the tear. |
| * Having surgery while the macula is still attached | | | | The decision about when to treat a retinal tear is |
| will usually save vision. But surgery restores good | | | | based on whether the tear is likely to progress to |
| vision in less than half of people who have | | | | a retinal detachment. If the tear is not likely to |
| surgery after the macula has already become | | | | lead to a detachment, treatment may not be |
| detached. | | | | necessary. |
| * If the macula has become detached, surgery | | | | What To Think About |
| may be delayed. If more than a few days have | | | | You have several surgical options to repair a |
| passed since the detachment occurred, severe | | | | retinal detachment. Their success in restoring |
| central vision loss may already have occurred, and | | | | good vision varies from case to case. The cause, |
| surgery is much less likely to restore vision | | | | location, and type of detachment usually |
| completely. | | | | determine which surgery will work best. Other |
| Your doctor will decide how soon you need | | | | conditions or eye problems may also play a role |
| surgery based on the result of the retinal exam | | | | when you choose the best type of surgery. |
| and the doctor's experience in treating retinal | | | | You may need more than one surgery to |
| detachment. | | | | reattach the retina. The growth of scar tissue on |
| Surgery for retinal tears | | | | the surface of the retina often leads to failure of |
| Treating a retinal tear may be useful if the tear is | | | | retinal detachment surgery. |
| likely to lead to detachment. Symptoms such as | | | | Factors that may make surgery more difficult |
| floaters or flashing lights are key factors in | | | | include: |
| deciding whether to treat a tear. A tear that | | | | * Glaucoma. |
| occurs right after a posterior vitreous detachment | | | | * Pupils that will not get larger (dilate). |
| (PVD) with symptoms is usually much more | | | | * Infection inside or outside the eye. |
| dangerous and more likely to progress to a retinal | | | | * Scarring from previous surgery. |
| detachment than one that occurs without | | | | * Bleeding (hemorrhage) in the vitreous gel. |
| symptoms. | | | | * Scars on or cloudiness in the cornea. |
| In deciding when to treat a retinal tear, your | | | | * Clouding of the lens (cataract). |
| doctor will evaluate whether the torn retina is | | | | |
| likely to detach. If the tear is very likely to lead to | | | | |
| detachment, treatment can usually repair it and | | | | Please log on to : Retinal Detachment Surgery |
| prevent detachment and potential vision loss. If | | | | Please log on to : Get A Quote |
| the tear is not likely to lead to detachment, you | | | | We Care Core Values |
| may not need treatment. | | | | "We have a very simple business model that |
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| The most common methods of repairing a retinal | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| detachment include: | | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| * Scleral buckling surgery. This is the most | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| common way to repair a detached retina. Your | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| eye doctor places a piece of silicone sponge, | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| rubber, or semi-hard plastic on the outer layer of | | | | patients our patient care standards are |
| your eye and sews it in place. This relieves | | | | unmatched across the sub continent. |
| traction on the retina, preventing tears from | | | | |