Vitectomy
What is a vitrectomy?
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Vaughan Tanner, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, describes a vitrectomy and explains the conditions that this procedure can help treat. He discusses what happens during the procedure and what your vision might be like afterwards.
Vaughan Tanner, a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeons at Sapphire Eye Care, describes a vitrectomy and explains the conditions that this procedure can help treat. He discusses what happens during the procedure and what your vision might be like afterwards.
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Vitrectomy is the term we give to the operation where we remove vitreous jelly from inside the eye. The vitreous jelly is an embryological remnant, serves no purpose in the adult eye, and, in fact, all it does is cause problems. I spend a lot of my time taking vitreous jelly out of people’s eyes in the form of vitrectomy surgery. The vitrectomy itself is often just the first step. Once the gel has been removed, it gives access to the retina where I might do other things like closed macular holes, peel epiretinal membranes, or laser retinal detachments. The simplest form of vitrectomy would be to just remove vitreous floaters. No further work is usually required on the retina, and recovery is quite quick with minimal use of a gas bubble in most cases. Vision coming back within the week.
