can you tell me about vitrectomy & retinal peel?

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Answer 1

See below: Pars plana vitrectomy (ppv) is performed by using small instruments that pass through the white of the eye (sclera). The vitrector is used to cut up and aspirate the vitreous jelly. This allows the surgeon access to the retinal surface to do things like peel membranes with other instruments that should not be on the surface of the retina.

Answer 2

Sensorineural tissue: The retina lines the inside of the back wall of the eye and is responsible for capturing light, just like film in a camera. The retina converts this light information into electrical signals that get transmitted along the optic nerve to the brain for interpretation as vision. Similar to brain and spinal chord tissue, the retina is not able to regenerate itself after damage or injury.

Answer 3

Light sensitive part: Retina is the light sensitive part in the back of the eye, where light from outside world is focused ( like film in a camera). Light is processed in the retina and send to brain where the light is seen as an image. Damage to retina can lead to permanent loss of vision.

Answer 4

Retina: The retina is a layer in the back of the eye where cells sensitive to light are located.

Answer 5

The organ of vision: The retina is a multicellular, very thin membrane that lines the back of the eye and is packed with light receptors. It receives the focused image from the front of the eye, translates it into an electrical signal which goes up the optic nerve to make the magic image that we call vision. It is truly remarkable and so, so useful.

Answer 6

Back of the eye...: A retinal disorder is a disease which reduces vision in the light sensitive layer on the back of the eye. This is analogous to the film in a camera.

Answer 7

Affects the retina: Inner layer of the eyeball that detects and processes light. Like wallpaper inside a room, it's akin to the film of a camera.

Answer 8

Disease of retina. : A retinal disorder is anything that affects the normal anatomy or function of the tissue lining the inside of the eye called the retina.

Answer 9

Many things!!!: The most common retinal diseases are macular degeneration (older patients), tears and detachments (extreme nearsightedness) and macular holes and epiretinal membranes. The range of retinal disease is very broad.

Answer 10

Retina: Causes include trauma, tumors, infections, cancers, heredity, inflammation, herpes viruses, high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, sickle cell, syphilis, hiv, toxoplasmosis, behcet's disease, etc.

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Variety of causes: Retinal disorders can be caused by a wide variety of conditions, such as infection, inflammation, chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, trauma, degeneration, hereditary and even some unknown causes.

Answer 12

Myopia primary cause: Most commonly due to myopia where the eyeball is longer than usual and stretches the retina until it tears. Can also occur due to a consequence of surgery or diseased blood vessels in the retina (diabetes) which pulls the retina. The least common cause is injury.

Answer 13

In several ways: Retinal tears occur due to pulling of gel like structure called vitreous in the eye. Near sightedness, family history, injuries to eye can lead to tears in retina. Sometines retinal tears can progress to retinal detachment with significant vision problems. Some patients needs treatment to prevent retinal detachment. Needs examination by retinal specialist.

Answer 14

Less floaters: Vitrectomy is performed to remove blood or repair a retinal detachment. These conditions tend to present as floaters and decreased vision. Although the vision may remain blurred for days or weeks after surgery, floaters should be gone and ultimately three vision should be better.

Answer 15

It Depends: Your expectations for visual recovery depend on what the condition is that you need the surgery for. As far as what to expect for the surgery itself, expect it to be done as an outpatient procedure under sedation. You will go home the same day with a patch on the eye, and you will be prescribed drops to help the eye heal. You may experience irritation, but it is usually not painful. Good luck!

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