Can my Severe Retinal Detachment be repaired after so many years?

Question

I actually had a severe eye Injury In 1999 which was repaired but then In 2003, I began to lose vision In that eye so I went to see an eye doctor who informed me that I ha a retinal detachment. Due to life circumstances and me not taking It seriously, doing no research and thinking that It would possibly go away on It's own, I did nothing about It. Now my eye looks deformed, my eyeball never stays In the same place and I can only see some light out of this eye. To top It all off, If you shine a light In my eye you can see white. Im wondering will this get worse which It problably will. My main question Is wether or not I can do anything about It now that It has gotten so bad? Even If my eyesight cant be restored, Is there anything that can be done to fix the detachment and will the deformity repair Itself after surgery?

Answer 1

Hi, You really need to speak to a retinal surgeon or an optical surgeon.

Regarding your eye looking deformed I have recently had surgery and before the surgery mine went the same way. The reason for it was that because of the damage of the RD it caused loss of pressure in my eye. Basically my eye was really squidgy and used to squash just by me opening and shutting my eye lid.

In honesty, time is of the essence to get the best vision back. But I had my surgery almost a week after my RD and my vision is almost back to normal. Having the retina put back in place might not regain much sight but it might repair other damage to the eye.

Really need to get it checked out.

Answer 2

These are all questions for your eye doctor!  I'm having a difficult time understanding your delay. When the detachment was first seen, it should have resulted in an immediate treatment or referral for evaluation by a retinal specialist.  There is a technical term for the deformity that your eye is experiencing as a result of what is probably extensive scar tissue forming inside the eye.  Repairing the retinal detachment is probably not an option, and as was stated previously you would recover no vision from the attempted repair.

As far as the white that you are seeing, this may be either a clouding of the cornea for various reasons relating to internal scarring of the eye, or it may be a dense cataract.  I doubt that anybody would operate on it unless the eye starts to become painful.

Answer 3

Retinal detachments are treated with surgery that may require the patient to stay in the hospital. In some cases a scleral buckle, a tiny synthetic band, is attached to the outside of the eyeball to gently push the wall of the eye against the detached retina. If necessary, a vitrectomy may also be performed. During a vitrectomy, the doctor makes a tiny incision in the sclera (white of the eye). Next, a small instrument is placed into the eye to remove the vitreous, a gel-like substance that fills the center of the eye and helps the eye maintain a round shape. Gas is often injected to into the eye to replace the vitreous and reattach the retina; the gas pushes the retina back against the wall of the eye. During the healing process, the eye makes fluid that gradually replaces the gas and fills the eye. With all of these procedures, either laser or cryopexy is used to "weld" the retina back in place.

Answer 4

for all the your delay, pay the penalty--better consult your specialist in retinal surgery for near   normal position of the retina and test your vision for relief

Answer 5

Generally not....time is of the essence in treating retinal detachments.  The window of time is best at 24 to 48 hours.  The longer the retina is away from it's blood supply, the more dead the tissue becomes.  You may be able to have some repair in terms of muscle surgery and even cleaning out of the  necrotic (dead) tissue.  Unfortunately, you probably never regain any vision  you've lost.