retinal surgery
Fixing detached photoreceptors
Retinal surgery is any surgical procedure performed on the retina—the light-sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye.
These operations treat conditions like retinal detachment, macular holes, and diabetic retinopathy: She needed retinal surgery after the accident.
Techniques include laser photocoagulation, cryotherapy, and vitrectomy, where the gel inside the eye is removed to access the retina.
- vitrectomyRemoval of ocular gel
- scleral buckleImplant supporting detached retina
- laserConcentrated light device
- maculaRetinal region for acuity
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
ophthalmologist · operating room · scalpel · microscope · cornea · lens · sclera · stitches · anesthesia · floaters · tears · hemorrhage · blindness · recovery · vision loss · dilated · pupil · precision
- eye careeye doctor, optometrist, ophthalmologist, eye exam, glasses
- surgical advancesminimally invasive, laparoscopy, microsurgery, telesurgery, endoscopy
- eye surgeryLASIK, PRK, vitrectomy, corneal transplant, blepharoplasty
- microsurgerynerve repair, anastomosis, replantation
retinal surgerycataract surgery
Procedure replacing clouded eye lens
LASIK · corneal transplant · lens replacement · eyelid surgery · blepharoplasty
retinal surgerywatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
observation · eye drops · medical therapy · laser therapy · medical management
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