Question 1

what is it called when you have eye surgery where the bag of fluid behind the eye is removed?

Accepted Answer

Not sure about a bag: Baggy lower eyelids can be corrected by plastic surgeons or ophthalmologists in a surgery called blepharoplasty. There should not be a bag of fluid behind the eyeball.

Question 2

after a bad cataract surgery and loss of iris could a lens still be put in the eye to see?

Accepted Answer

Yes: With few exceptions, a lens implant can almost always be placed in the eye even after complicated cataract surgery. Lens implantation may occasionally have to be delayed to allow the eye to heal. Loss of iris makes implanting a lens more difficult but not impossible.

Question 3

following a bad cataract surgery and loss of iris, can a lens still be put in the eye to see, what to do?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The artificial lens is supported by the back capsule of the natural lens.  If this is gone the lens can be surured to the sclera on the inside.  Also, there are synthetic iris's now made and available for implantation in just these circumstances.  If all is otherwise normal, these steps can have a nigh percentage of success.

Question 4

my eye socket is fractured. my sight is fine but after two weeks it is still bruised and the eye looks sunken in. do i need surgery?

Accepted Answer

See oculoplastic Dr.: The contraction of soft tissue, possible fibrosis/scarring may be occurring from the fracture as swelling goes down. you should see your eye doctor to be seen by an oculoplastic surgeon for evaluation &amp; fracture repair. You will be tested for range of motion, exophthalmometer to see how sunken your eye is &amp; whether there's muscle entrapment present. Your repair needs to happen now. Don't delay!

Question 5

i had a retina detachment surgery/scleral buckle 3 months ago. can i sparr in the ring with a head gear that protects me from direct blows to the eye?

Accepted Answer

No: A retinal detachment is an extremely dangerous event.  You could lose permanent vision in that eye.  It also means protecting vision in the other eye very very important.  An accidental blow to your head and eye could permanently leave you blind. No amount of head gear can protect you from that. Best wishes.

Question 6

my husband had an eye accident when he was a child and the last surgery that he had, the doctor cut through his central vision while trying to repair his retina, so he is blind in that eye. the eye is shrinking. can shrinking & blindness be fixed?

Accepted Answer

Damaged eye: Unfortunately not. The eye will shrink but not by much. The vision probably will not as the retina was damaged.

Question 7

what can they call a surgery to remove a rock in the eye medical terms?

Accepted Answer

OFBR: Ocular foreign body removal - the definition of the foreign body is not critical.

Question 8

what causes light flashes in the eye? what causes light flashes in the eye after laser surgery|?

Accepted Answer

Laser : Laser treatments to the eye may cause the vitreous jelly in the eye to move. The movement of the vitreous jelly may pull on the retina to cause flashing lights.

If the flashing lights increase in frequency or intensity, and if you see new floaters, you should return to your ophthalmologist for an examination.

Question 9

can cataract surgery change the eye color?

Accepted Answer

No: No.  Cataract surgery does not change your eye color.

Question 10

what causes a hemmorage in the eye following a retnial detatchment surgery.?

Accepted Answer

Vascular leaks: The retina is very thin, very fragile but richly endowed with blood vessels and it sits on another carpet of blood vessels.  Re-attachment surgery has to restructure a detached retina in the presence of all of this vascular richness and fragility and sometimes smaller vessels can leak or even vessels at the site of entry into the eye.  This will clear usually with time.

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I had a retina detachment surgery/scleral buckle 3 months ago. can i sparr in the ring with a head gear that protects me from direct blows to the eye?

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My husband had an eye accident when he was a child and the last surgery that he had, the doctor cut through his central vision while trying to repair his retina, so he is blind in that eye. the eye is shrinking. can shrinking & blindness be fixed?

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What can they call a surgery to remove a rock in the eye medical terms?

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What causes light flashes in the eye? what causes light flashes in the eye after laser surgery|?

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What causes a hemmorage in the eye following a retnial detatchment surgery.?

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