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If i am diagnosed with retinal detachment what are the treatment options?
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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.
Answered 1/18/2014
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