| Macular hole surgery or vitrectomy is an eye | | | | The surgery is done when there is a difficulty in |
| surgery that involves several procedures. It uses | | | | eye sight that is usually caused by foreign objects |
| specific methods and specialized apparatus to | | | | that enters the eye's retina. The blood is an exact |
| restore retinal diseases which is sometime | | | | example of this foreign object which is caused by |
| considered as untreatable. Vitrectomy as the | | | | diabetic vitreous hemorrhage. Here are some |
| name suggests, the surgery involves the exclusion | | | | reasons why the vitrectomy surgery is |
| of the vitreous gel and the retina of the eye. | | | | performed: macular hole, epiretinal membrane, |
| During the operations, the vitreous gel is excluded | | | | retinal detachment, endophthalmitis, proliferative |
| using a light and tiny cutting tool and a particular | | | | vitreoretinopathy, retrieval of lens nucleus and |
| saline solution is being replaced to substitute the | | | | intraocular foreign body removal. |
| excluded part of the eye. The surgeon uses fiber | | | | Most vitrectomy operation is made through a |
| optic light to shed light within the eye during the | | | | small opening from the eye's front but some |
| surgery. General and local anesthesia is being used | | | | surgeons penetrated it from the eye's pars plana. |
| while the surgery is done in the operating room. | | | | This kind of operation is called pars Plana |
| Contact lenses and operating microscope are also | | | | Vitrectomy. By using this kind of surgery, |
| use to permit a lucid vision of eye's retina and | | | | damages to eye's crystalline lens and retina retina |
| vitreous gel. | | | | can be avoided. |
| Surgical procedure or operations is commonly | | | | Just like other operation, there are some risks in |
| performed by vitreoretinal surgeons. Patients are | | | | performing this surgery. Some of these are: |
| usually referred to ophthalmologist and | | | | retinal detachment, fluid buildup in the eye's retina, |
| optometrist for vitreoretinal management and to | | | | hemorrhage in the vitreous gel and possible eye |
| perform laser procedures during surgery. | | | | infection. |