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Retina not in right position plus cornea opacity

Hi,

I had a retina detachment on my right eye 4 years ago and had undergo an operation on buckle sclera procedure. However, the re-occurence happen again after few weeks later. I was injected with gas bubble many times but failed to reattached the retina. Finally my retina doctor inject silicone oil into my right eye and had been staying inside for 2 years. Last Aug 2007 my doctor remove the silicone oil immediately after discover that my cornea has started to opaque. However, now my cornea has turn gray in color. And I cant see a thing except lights when shine with torch light. Due to this situation, i went to see the cornea specialist in the same hospital. However, they gave me advice not to do anything on my right eye. They only can give me eye drop for the comfort the eye. I ask them if I can do grafting on it but they say my retina is badly damage and not in right position, so there is no point of doing grafting. I was devastated after hearing it.

So my question now is if a patient's retina is severely damage, will they able to see lights or shadow movement(under very bright day light) or just see darkness? Is it mean that my optic nerve is damage too? What is actually happen to my retina when the doctor mention not in right position. Please advice. Thank you
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233488 tn?1310693103
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I hate to be discouraging but if the retina surgeons and the cornea surgeons both think your retina cannot be improved enough to have a cornea transplant its likely they're correct.

JCH MD
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Dear Dr. Hagan,

Thank you for the advice. I will definitely seek secod opinion. However, somethiing kept on in my mind. I was wondering if it is possible that i if i were to fix my cornea and later re-fix my  retina position. What are the chances? Has anyone done this before thru your experience?

Thanks again
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233488 tn?1310693103
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You cannot tell anything about the optic nerve from the information you provided. Its entirely possible that you were given good advise. You could have a very complex, expensive, potentially painful corneal transplant that could take 12-18 months to heal and end up worse off than you are now. Even if the eye saw better you might have disabling double vision.

I would suggest getting a second opinion from another corneal specialist and if he/she agrees then I would concentrate on keeping the bad eye pain free and keeping the good eye healthy.

You should never go longer than 12 months without an MD ophthalmologist eye exam and twice per year would be even better.

JCH MD
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