Is there a permanent cure to retinal detachment?

Surgery or laser: Some retinal detachments can be corrected by laser surgery or the injection of air into the eye, others require surgical repair with scleral buckle or vitrectomy surgery, and some cannot be repaired by any means. See a retina specialist for diagnosis and treatment suggestions.

See a retina special: Retinal detachments can be treated in the office with laser, freezing treatment (cryoretinopexy), and gas injection; or it can be treated in the operating room with scleral buckle, pars plana vitrectomy, laser, cryoretinopexy, gas, or silicone oil injection. It all depends on the kind and severity of the detachment.