SCLERAL BUCKLE enlargement surgery

Hello.

I live in Portugal and I am experiencing a problem for the last week, which is deeply affecting me.
I had a retinal detachment 18 years ago, when I was 17. It was my right eye, the dominant one. Prior to the surgery, both my eyes had astygmatism. After the procedure, the affected eye became, of course, miopic. The left eye presented a danger of RD, so I had it reinforced with laser.
I moved to another city afterwards and changed my surgeon, who is now following me for the last 14 years. He kept advising me during the years that my scleral buckle was so tight I should consider cutting/enlarging (am I being accurate? Sorry, but English is not my native language). Last november he told me that some of my cells near the buckle were in risk of necrosis and that surgery should take place. Therefore, I had this surgery done on January 3rd. Everything apparently went fine and the doctor even said that I would probably lose some of my miopia, because the eye format would change to its near original appearance.
The vision remained the same. Until one week ago. But it hasn't improved - it worsened!
Very worried, I had an appointment with another doctor (mine is in a town rather far away, although I did email him). My retina was examined and eveything is ok, but it was verified that both my myopia and my astigmatism increased. And that they may alter even more!
What may be happening to my eye? I am so so worried.

Thanks.

Luis

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

In my experience removal of a buckle after several years do not change the myopia.  Astigmatism can change.  I do not know what happened.  You need to ask the surgeon.

Dr. O.