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Prominet blood vessels in eye
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Prominet blood vessels in eye
by brocky1, Feb 16, 2007 12:00AM
I have prominet blood vessels in my eye which I would like to investigate if I can have them quarterized. I have gone to several opthamalogists who say that they do not do that surgery. Can you recommend someone in the Philadelphia/New Jersey area that does the surgery and if not - what are the drawbacks of the surgery?
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by Forum-OD-MP, Feb 16, 2007 12:00AM
no, i have no idea who to go to for that in philly. sorry
not a common surgical procedure. what are the drawbacks? to cauterize it might cause low blood flow/hypoxia to the corresponding conjunctiva/cornea. many possible repercussions of that. but then again, you may have enough other blood vessels to make up for it... plus there's the possibility of a scar at the cauterization site. that may cause dryness, discomfort, contact lens intolerace, etc etc. but maybe not...
not a common surgical procedure. what are the drawbacks? to cauterize it might cause low blood flow/hypoxia to the corresponding conjunctiva/cornea. many possible repercussions of that. but then again, you may have enough other blood vessels to make up for it... plus there's the possibility of a scar at the cauterization site. that may cause dryness, discomfort, contact lens intolerace, etc etc. but maybe not...
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I have suffered from the exact same problem. I have been to the most prominent opticians in Florida (which is where I live) and all have been stumped by the cause of these vessels. One optician stated that he could cauterize the vessels for me - so I went to another optician at the Bascom Palmer Institute to get a second opinion on the matter before I made the decision. I was advised by the second optician that I should be careful, because there may be scarring. I was stubborn, and decided to get the surgery done. The doctor decided to perform a "wet field" cauterization of the vessels. The surgery was done in July of 2006. To this day, I still have a scar. There has been no change at all. It was a complete waste of time. I have to say, I was also warned by the doctor who performed the surgery that there would be a scar, and that he could not tell how long it would heal.
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