Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
For those who do not know, I had a standard eye check-up last March and the Doctors found something that was not supposed to be there. To be exact, they found that I have a condition called Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.
So this summer I received an eye operation that looked like this. The operation is called "Scleral Buckling." The procedure generally follows these steps:
1) An incision is done on the eyewall that has sub-retinal fluid. The fluid then spontaneously leaks out reducing the space between the detached retina and affected inner eyewall.
2) A freezing probe is then placed behind the eye and is applied to the affected area. This changes the consistency of the area into a sticky media allowing the retina and eyewall to be fused back together.
3) A silicone belt is placed around the circumference of the eye nestled underneath the six rectal muscles of the eye. The belt pushes the eyewall towards the detached retina.
email me for question or suggestions cdamo@hawaii.edu