What are the signs and symptoms of retinal detachment?
Retinal detachment is usually treated with surgery. You may have one or more of the following: • Cryotherapy: Small holes or tears in the retina may be treated by freezing the area around the hole or tear. • Laser surgery: This surgery uses a high beam of light to burn the area where the retina detached. The burned area forms a scar where the retina can be put back into place. • Pneumatic retinopexy: This procedure injects gas bubbles into the eye. This creates pressure in the eye to push the retina back into place. • Scleral buckling: This is a surgery where a piece of silicone, plastic or sponge is sewn onto the sclera (the white, outer layer of the eye). It is sewn at the place where the retina is detached. This pushes the sclera towards the detached retina to hold them together. • Vitrectomy:This is a surgery to remove all or part of the vitreous body which has become cloudy from bleeding or inflammation. The vitreous body is normally a clear gel that fills most of the inside of th
