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Scleral Buckling Surgery worth it?
I am a 24 year old female who has been seeing a retina specialist since May 03 (after going to 3 other doctors). He has been monitoring the tear in the retina of my right eye through both an exam and photographs. He has seen no change, except signs of chronicity (the last photo showed what looked like white crystals). All along he has said he does not want to do surgery, but at my last visit he said I should definitely consider it. I may never need it, but if I do it will be difficult to repair as time goes on. I have seen no change in the amount of floaters and I do a self test by closing my left eye and checking the field of vision in my right eye. In this test I cannot see anything at 10:00 and 11:00. I am strongly considering the surgery but I don
Thank you for your comments. My doctor is sending me for a second opinion in December. I will most likely have the surgery in January - I think it is better to get it done than wait for something to happen.
He said there is a risk for permanent double vision. Can that be corrected with glasses?
Thanks.
He said there is a risk for permanent double vision. Can that be corrected with glasses?
Thanks.
Regarding scleral buckling surgery- I have had it with both eyes back in 1989 and 1990 performed by Dr. William S Tasman of the Wills Eye Hospital. I had laser photocoagulation on both eyes previously (not with Tasman) and the lasering did not hold. The scleral buckle is the gold standard of fixing detached retinas and if it were not for Dr. Tasman, I would be blind today.
Does anyone have a success story out there!! I know we normally come to forums to get help but any good outcomes would be nice to hear. I'm in such a catch-22 I'm going crazy!!!
unfortunatley one cannot base this descision on your symptoms (how many floaters you see, what you can or cant see when you cover the other eye). do not base any descision on those things. symptoms like that are unreliable.
yes, it can be painful. yes, there can be complications.
but on the other side, if you have a resulting retinal detachment, you may lose sight in that eye permanently.
i cant tell you what to do. this will be up to you. the question will be do you want to be proactive and prevent a RD, or do you want to be reactive and take the wait-&-see approach. both are fine as long as you're informed. but how many floaters you see and what you can see with the other eye shut shouldnt play into theis descision IMO
yes, it can be painful. yes, there can be complications.
but on the other side, if you have a resulting retinal detachment, you may lose sight in that eye permanently.
i cant tell you what to do. this will be up to you. the question will be do you want to be proactive and prevent a RD, or do you want to be reactive and take the wait-&-see approach. both are fine as long as you're informed. but how many floaters you see and what you can see with the other eye shut shouldnt play into theis descision IMO
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