What happens after cryotherapy for retinal tear?
What should I expect after my cryotherapy treatment? Your vision may be blurry after the procedure, but should clear within a few days. The treated eye is also usually red and swollen afterwards. Applying a cold compress to the eyelid may help relieve some of your discomfort.
What is retinal cryotherapy?
Ocular cryotherapy is the therapeutic use of cold temperatures to treat disorders of the lids or eyes. The targeted cold passes through the thin eye wall to the retina, freezing off areas around a tear or hole. The scar tissue created by the freeze will then gradually re-attach the retinal layers.
What is a Retinopexy mean?
[ rĕt′n-ō-pĕk′sē ] n. Surgical correction of a detachment of the retina by forming chorioretinal adhesions around the torn part of the retina.
What gas is used in pneumatic retinopexy?
SF6 and perfluoropropane (C3F8) are generally the preferred agents. Filtered air is a non-expansile gas that is typically absorbed after 3 days and may be appropriate in some cases. The success rate for pneumatic retinopexy with filtered air has been reported as 85.7%–86.7%.
How long does pneumatic retinopexy take?
Pneumatic retinopexy is typically completed within 30 minutes. The procedure itself lasts about a minute, but most of the time is in numbing the eye, so that you feel no pain during the procedure.
How long does pneumatic Retinopexy take?
How effective is pneumatic retinopexy?
Our single operation success rate for pneumatic retinopexy performed at a university hospital was 54%; 66% of cases were successful with repeat injection or laser retinopexy alone. This success rate is lower than that of most previously published studies.
How much does pneumatic retinopexy cost?
This study estimated the cost (in USD) of pneumatic retinopexy performed in a hospital setting to be $2,343 versus $4,662 for scleral buckling and $5,061 for pars plana vitrectomy. Pneumatic retinopexy also compared favorably in an analysis of the utility of these procedures.
How long does it take to recover from pneumatic retinopexy?
It takes about 3 weeks to recover from this surgery. The hardest part of the recovery is keeping the gas bubble in the right place. You must keep your head in a certain position for most of the day and night for about 1 to 3 weeks after the surgery. You cannot lie on your back.
How long does it take for a retina to reattach?
Surgical reattachment of the retina takes about one-and-a-half to two hours.