No idea...I had Retinal surgery on right eye after kickboxing match...it
was not a tear...just weak retina... procedure was different....I was in
hospital, knocked out and recovery was a week....ended my fighting days ...
This procedure was two fold..laser on Saturday and Gas bubble thing with
laser on Monday...mild anethesia on Saturday, heavier on Monday...face was
numb for a day...
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 9:38 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow. That sounds amazing. Any idea how long this procedure has been around?
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 7/20/2020 8:32 AM, Jaime Solorza wrote:
>
> Surgery Overview
>
> Pneumatic retinopexy is a surgery to repair certain types of retinal
> detachments
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/multimedia/retinal-detachments/hw141823.html#hw141823-sec>.
> It is usually an outpatient procedure
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/definition/outpatient-procedure/ty7374.html#ty7374-sec>,
> which means you don't need to stay in the hospital.
>
> Before surgery, your eye is numbed with local anesthesia
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/definition/local-anesthesia/stg124289.html#stg124289-sec>.
> Then the eye doctor (ophthalmologist
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/definition/ophthalmologist/ps2055.html#ps2055-sec>)
> injects a gas bubble into the middle of the eye. Your head is positioned so
> that the bubble floats to the detached area and presses against the
> detachment. The eye doctor then seals the tear in the retina
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/definition/tear-in-the-retina/abp5101.html#abp5101-sec>
> using
> a freezing probe or laser beam
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/special/freezing-probe-or-laser-beam/hw187615.html#hw187615-sec>
> .
>
> The bubble helps to flatten the retina
> <https://www.uwhealth.org/health/topic/definition/retina/str2425.html#str2425-sec>
> until
> a seal forms between the retina and the wall of the eye. This takes about 1
> to 3 weeks. The eye slowly absorbs the gas bubble.
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020, 9:08 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>
>> Jaime, how are the eyes doing? Are you back to normal activities?
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wF7zc_YK6A
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