Pupil is stuck

[fizgig]

I am a 39 year old female who has suffered fro PDR in my right eye for about 5 years after 30 years of Type 1 diabetes.  In the last year or two I also started to develope swelling behind my retina and had two steroid injections which didn't work long term so in December of last year I had a vitrectomy and macular peel.  It seems to have gone well except that now I have a cataract in that eye which they wan't to remove as there is no longer a clear view to the back of my eye.

The last two times I went to clinic and they dilated my pupils, my right one 'stuck' and wouldn't dilate.  The doctor said that they would unstick it at the same time as the cataract surgery since they need the pupil to be dilated anyway but he couldn't actually tell me how this will be done.  I've told them that they better do the whole thing under GA as I don't want to be hanging around while they mess about!!

Please could you tell me what this condition is called and how they will fix it??  

Many thanks
Susie

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

Eye surgery is rarely done under general anesthesia and there is no reason for you to take the extra risks and expense of general anesthesia.

the pupil may dilate with more than the regular amoung of dilating drops, if not there are surgical instruments called pupil dilators that will dilate the pupil and hold it open.

JCH III MD

[needy20]

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