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What is the common recovery time after retinal detachment surgery?

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Weeks: Generally retinal repairs can range from a 3-4 weeks to months for completed repair and completely unrestricted activity dependent upon the extent of the detachment and repair method employed. Please ask your retinal surgeon.

Answered 4/11/2021

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Weeks to months: Depends on the type of surgery, how complicated the detachment was, gas bubble or oil in the eye, etc. This can affect vision, flying, face down positioning, etc.

Answered 2/20/2019

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Dr. Colin McCannel answered

Specializes in Retinal Surgery

Depends!: The exact recovery time depends, and different physicians have different restrictions to facilitate the recovery. Many patients can go back to work in 1-4 weeks. Near full recovery following repair of primary detachment is usually achieved by 3 months. Complex re-operations may take longer.

Answered 5/10/2019

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