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lower peripheral vision after scleral encircling
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lower peripheral vision after scleral encircling
by someone, Feb 01, 2007 12:00AM
Hi there. I'm 28 years old. I had argon laser opr. for the peripheral tear and detachment 3,5 months ago. After that, I had a scleral encircling operation 2 months ago. My tear and detachment was at the upper temporal area. My doc says that i have %100 vision, and the retina is attached. But i have lower vision at the peripheral area, on the contrary side of my detached area, like a vertical set, like horse glasses. To see my right near side, i need to turn my head. When i ask to my doc. he said this might be after encircling operations. I asked for 2nd opinion, but i couldn't get any answer from another doc.
Why my peripheral vision could be decreased, and will i have any recovery,
Thanks,
Why my peripheral vision could be decreased, and will i have any recovery,
Thanks,
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Feb 01, 2007 12:00AM
many people complain of similar vision problems post 'buckle' surgery. the symptoms you describe do sound to me like they are probably from the buckle/surgery. if that is the case, no...you wont ever have 'recovery' from that symptom...
i tell people this all the time: buckle reattachment surgery is not nice. its an extreme situation. almost kind of a last-ditch effort. it frequently works to 'save' the vision in the affected eye, but IMO it almost NEVER gives vision that approaches the vision you had in that eye pre-RD. every buckle patient i've ever seen tells me the same thing: their vision isnt as good as the other eye, isnt as good as before the surgery, has a bunch of 'weird' hard-to-describe phenomena, but is probably better than NO vision.
i tell people this all the time: buckle reattachment surgery is not nice. its an extreme situation. almost kind of a last-ditch effort. it frequently works to 'save' the vision in the affected eye, but IMO it almost NEVER gives vision that approaches the vision you had in that eye pre-RD. every buckle patient i've ever seen tells me the same thing: their vision isnt as good as the other eye, isnt as good as before the surgery, has a bunch of 'weird' hard-to-describe phenomena, but is probably better than NO vision.
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