Can you give me more info on a detached retina surgery?

Retinal detachment: Repair surgery is usually outpatient, done under local anesthesia and often involves the use of a gas bubble to tamponade any retinal breaks. It requires a trained staff, a specialized operating room equipped with a stereo microscope and a vitrectomy machine. Some patients develop cataract after retinal surgery. Success/prognosis depend most on cause of detachment and whether macula involved.

Several options: A detached retina can be treated in several ways. --laser treatment --pneumatic retinopexy --scleral buckle --vitrectomy the above are usually the mainstays of treatment. It depends on surgeon/patient/type of detachment on which method is chosen.