Bilateral Retinal Detachment

Posted By Craig on June 08, 1999 at 09:35:29
Hi,
Five months ago I underwent treatment for bilateral retinal detachment.  I live in South Africa and have been wondering if other places in the world have more advanced techniques than we have available to us here and should I be visiting such places for consultation/treatment?
I have been short-sighted since 9 years old and currently wear soft contact lenses for L-6.5 and R-7.5.  I am now 28 and experienced spontaneous tears in my retinas simultaneously.  I was operated on within a couple of days.  The surgeon used the buckling technique to re-attach the retina for the serious tears and laser treatment to suture the numerous smaller ones.
Fortunately the operations were largely successful.  However I occassionaly get flashing and black spots appearing in my peripheral vision where the largest tear was.  My opthamologist says that the retina has reattached and that this flashing is probably as consequence to the vitreous pulling slightly away from the retina.  Four months after the operation he also noticed further degeneration that if worsened would require more laser treatment.
In addition I have a large number of floaters (increased since the operation) which I have had for as long as I can remember.  Can floaters be removed?
Thank you for your time.











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