All hospitals and medical centers should produce a video like this for their patients preparing for vitrectomy. I have gotten more information from your video than I have for my own doctor's office, and I'm in Boston going to a very renowned hospital. This video has made me a bit more comfortable in anticipation of my own surgery. Thank you.
I had a floater only vitrectomy in Feb 2023 - BEST THING EVER. Was quick.... There was no retina issue - just for floaters. No gas bubble, no face down.
Just had the surgery for a detached retina. It was an area located on the right side of my right eye. Day after surgery, I have very limited cloudy vision and have chosen a brest feeding pillow to hold my head in the face down position. It is science that has helped repair my vision. So I thank my doctor, staff and science-based research for this miracle. No magic dictator in the sky is required.
@@diamondobrien3040 Sorry to hear that. Do you have a total loss of vision in that eye? You may need a second procedure. Check your Doctors success rate, my Doctor was a 1 in 10 failure rate. So I chose the surgery.
😮good that you had this explanation about retina detachment. Long time I do my surgery in Saudi. Thanks Tony Dr.optfalmology he is Egyptian.nationality
Did anyone who had a vitrectomy have to take atropine sulfate drops twice per day after your surgery? These are the drops that dilate your pupil. I had to take this along with two other drops after my surgery on March 9, 2024. The surgery went well and on my follow up on March 18, my ophthalmologist told me to stop taking all of the drops except one. It’s been ten days since I’ve taken the atropine drops but my pupil is still dilated. I don’t know if it’s too soon to be worried. My gas bubble hasn’t shrunk enough to know if my vision is better yet; I had a detached retina. My next follow up isn’t for another three weeks. I can call them but I was wondering if anyone else had to take atropine drops after their surgery.
Yes, I continued to take HoMatropine for 1 week before my check up and was told it is fine to stop. I am 41, did a vitrectomy with short acting gas bubble. It is day 10 of my recovery and the bubble is about 60% gone from my vision
I’m 10 days post op for macular hole. Yes, I had Atropine, Prednisone, and an Antibiotic drops (pink,red, and tan tops). At 7 days, I stopped the red and tan tops and continued with the pink (Prednisone) as instructed. I have the long active gas bubble. As of today, I can only see color and movement.
Hello! We reached out to surgeons to find out! On a very high level, it's surgeon-specific and related to medical conditions and complexity. Factors include: is patient from outside of Winnipeg? Would patients prefer to stay? Are patients able to position themselves properly after surgery (if positioning is required). Some surgeons offer all patients the opportunity to stay overnight or go home.
I had mine over 10 years ago. They knocked me out for just a short period and told me that would happen but I'd come back to very quickly but still sedated. They said that was to put the ports into the eye and once they were done I'd wake right up and that's exactly how I remember it.
I actually had cataract surgery in both eyes prior to the vitrectomies and was a little concerned about having implanted lenses. Everything turned out great and I'd do it all over again if I had to.. @@TonyGarrett-p1c
@@sunethsilva2720 I've never had a single issue with either eye since the vitrectomies' I had cataract surgery in both eyes prior to the vitrectomies.. The severe floaters appeared a few months after that surgery.
@@TonyGarrett-p1c I had vitrectomies done in both eyes. I had had cataract surgery about six months prior to that. Shortly after the cataract surgery is when the severe floaters and weis ring developed. It's been 10 years now and I'm very happy with the results.
I have endopthalmitis infection in my eye so they are just removing the gel. I sure hope I’m not going to have to lie face down. That scares me due to neck and back problems not to mention utter boredom.
I have a question does removing the vitreous change the shape of the eye and change your prescription or even possibly make it better to where you don’t need your glasses anymore
Vitrectomy surgery does not change the shape of the eye. In people with previous cataract surgery, the refractive is minimal. In patients who have not had cataract surgery there is a high probability that they will develop a progressive cataract and this will result in increased myopia. They would be more likely to need glasses.
Don't worry, it's easy and quick surgery. They have a chair that they sell just for you to keep your head down. You can watch movies on your mobile phone with your head down with that special chair. You will be fine.
so what do u mean? :P you won't do the surgery and you choose to live with the double vision and who knows where it will get u? i dont understand that.... i am 37 and i got macular hole since last thursday... i am eager to do this and get done with it, i want to return to powerlifting but who knows when they will arrange this for me now...
Edit: missdiagnosed i dont have a macular hole but CSR, just fluid behind macular. Much simplier thing that jt goes away by itself. But you shoukd do the treatment!!!! I would!
I'm having this done in a week 2023 September. 28th. I have NO Vision loss,,, However I've been told to do this. " caught early " doc says. Am I doing the right thing ??????? Help .. 😢
I have a question I have a retinal scar in my left eye I had perfect eye i could see when I was small in grade 4 my eye drastically got weaker so my right was perfect -2.50 and my left is 4.75 so I have a lazy eye where doctor say I have amblyopia but 1 more question that when they remove gel from the inside eye do you get the gell back in the eye
@@TonyGarrett-p1c very good. I live in Long Island New York and I had it done at Stony Brook Hospital. The Hospital is very big like New York City 🙂 . You don't feel a thing at all. I was sedated, and only took 45 minutes. The only thing after surgery your eye can be itchy. Try to put cold soft cold pack on it. It will take 4 to 6 weeks to see good. They put air bubbles in my eye, because my retina was not detached. You will be fine 🙏🏼
@@TonyGarrett-p1c oh you had done on March 12 Th ? Sorry I thought you were going on the 12Th of April 🙂 I miss read it. Did you do good, I hope you did.
@@benedettocracolici197 Thank you much, Benedetto. I had to have a vitrectomy because of vitreal hemorrhage due to a botched repair on a torn retina. The vitrectomy was 12 March 2024. The next day I went back and they took the patch off my eye. I was disappointed that I could not see clearly yet at that time. My eye was left half full of air and half full of saline solution. I could see this line running horizontally across my field of view in that eye. Lol, it seemed like I had a bubble level in my eye. I joked that I could maybe fly an airplane without instruments, as I had my own, built-in 'artificial horizon' or even a 'turn and bank indicator'. 😎 The air bubble was expected to be absorbed by my body and the space filled with natural fluid from my body. The air bubble has gradually moved down as the space is filled with fluid. As of this writing, 17 March, the bubble is all but gone and my vision is nearly as clear as the other eye now. I do still have some black dot floaters in there yet. I'm wondering if they will settle out, as they seem to have the same durn specific gravity as the fluid, and just want to hang there. The surgeon told me to expect to get a cataract in that eye, which I guess is typical. Good luck to you!
What is it called, it’s called too expensive to fix here in Australia. MEDICARE cancelled all eye surgery for people over 70. It’s very sad to be cast aside as TOO OLD.
All hospitals and medical centers should produce a video like this for their patients preparing for vitrectomy. I have gotten more information from your video than I have for my own doctor's office, and I'm in Boston going to a very renowned hospital. This video has made me a bit more comfortable in anticipation of my own surgery. Thank you.
Great to hear!
My surgery is in 2 weeks and this was most informative video
World class place. Great doctors and wonderful staff. Thank you so much for giving me my vision back in my affected eye!!!
Yes. Question s ??
I have surgery in 2 days. I was so afraid. This has helped me. Thank you.
Thank you for this clear explanation. I'm going for this surgery on Monday. You have helped relieve some of my stress.
How did it go?
Please tell us how how did it go. On going on March 13th 2024😢😢
I hope that yours turned out well. I had both eyes done and it has been over 10 years now without any issues at all.@@benedettocracolici197
How was it? I will have the surgery on the 29th, retinal detachment is my condition. @@benedettocracolici197
Wish you perfect vision ❤🙏
I had a floater only vitrectomy in Feb 2023 - BEST THING EVER. Was quick.... There was no retina issue - just for floaters. No gas bubble, no face down.
Where did u have it. I also want to try it. Am at the verge of giving up😭😭
Yo igual en 2 semanas tengo la cirugia de flotadores.
Good buddy. I'm going on March 13th 2024. I'm not worry about the operation, but how my vision will be 😢😢😢
Thank you Jesus and may he keep your vision always Good 🙏🏼
@@Amintor hermano, que Dios te bendiga sempre.
Just had the surgery for a detached retina. It was an area located on the right side of my right eye. Day after surgery, I have very limited cloudy vision and have chosen a brest feeding pillow to hold my head in the face down position. It is science that has helped repair my vision. So I thank my doctor, staff and science-based research for this miracle. No magic dictator in the sky is required.
God loves you. He is far from being a dictator.
I had the surgery and still cannot see from a Yale doctor in Connecticut. He is confused as to why and sending me elsewhere I am so angry.
@@diamondobrien3040 Sorry to hear that. Do you have a total loss of vision in that eye? You may need a second procedure. Check your Doctors success rate, my Doctor was a 1 in 10 failure rate. So I chose the surgery.
Who do u think gives the doctor the gifts and talent and brain to absorb the knowledge to help others ...... Without our savior we have NOTHING !!!!!
@@diamondobrien3040can you see now? there is always a risk with this surgery,
😮good that you had this explanation about retina detachment. Long time I do my surgery in Saudi. Thanks Tony Dr.optfalmology he is Egyptian.nationality
Did anyone who had a vitrectomy have to take atropine sulfate drops twice per day after your surgery? These are the drops that dilate your pupil. I had to take this along with two other drops after my surgery on March 9, 2024. The surgery went well and on my follow up on March 18, my ophthalmologist told me to stop taking all of the drops except one. It’s been ten days since I’ve taken the atropine drops but my pupil is still dilated. I don’t know if it’s too soon to be worried. My gas bubble hasn’t shrunk enough to know if my vision is better yet; I had a detached retina. My next follow up isn’t for another three weeks. I can call them but I was wondering if anyone else had to take atropine drops after their surgery.
Yes, I continued to take HoMatropine for 1 week before my check up and was told it is fine to stop. I am 41, did a vitrectomy with short acting gas bubble. It is day 10 of my recovery and the bubble is about 60% gone from my vision
I’m 10 days post op for macular hole. Yes, I had Atropine, Prednisone, and an Antibiotic drops (pink,red, and tan tops). At 7 days, I stopped the red and tan tops and continued with the pink (Prednisone) as instructed. I have the long active gas bubble. As of today, I can only see color and movement.
I would like to know what determines which patients stay overnight and which patients go home the same day following surgery.
Hello! We reached out to surgeons to find out! On a very high level, it's surgeon-specific and related to medical conditions and complexity. Factors include: is patient from outside of Winnipeg? Would patients prefer to stay? Are patients able to position themselves properly after surgery (if positioning is required). Some surgeons offer all patients the opportunity to stay overnight or go home.
I had mine over 10 years ago. They knocked me out for just a short period and told me that would happen but I'd come back to very quickly but still sedated. They said that was to put the ports into the eye and once they were done I'd wake right up and that's exactly how I remember it.
How is your eye these days, plz? Did you ever get a cataract in that eye? Thank you much.
I actually had cataract surgery in both eyes prior to the vitrectomies and was a little concerned about having implanted lenses. Everything turned out great and I'd do it all over again if I had to.. @@TonyGarrett-p1c
Hi hows you eye now please
@@sunethsilva2720 I've never had a single issue with either eye since the vitrectomies' I had cataract surgery in both eyes prior to the vitrectomies.. The severe floaters appeared a few months after that surgery.
@@TonyGarrett-p1c I had vitrectomies done in both eyes. I had had cataract surgery about six months prior to that. Shortly after the cataract surgery is when the severe floaters and weis ring developed. It's been 10 years now and I'm very happy with the results.
I want to know how vitrectomy is perform for floaters,please
I have endopthalmitis infection in my eye so they are just removing the gel. I sure hope I’m not going to have to lie face down. That scares me due to neck and back problems not to mention utter boredom.
Is this the same procedure for floaters?
This is a question for your ophthalmologist!
It is.
I have a question does removing the vitreous change the shape of the eye and change your prescription or even possibly make it better to where you don’t need your glasses anymore
Vitrectomy surgery does not change the shape of the eye. In people with previous cataract surgery, the refractive is minimal.
In patients who have not had cataract surgery there is a high probability that they will develop a progressive cataract and this will result in increased myopia. They would be more likely to need glasses.
Can you sleep on your side the night after surgery and so on
How about a procedure with an OPTIC DISC PIT problem..
Hello: for specific questions, please contact your optometrist/ophthalmologist!
I'm having second thoughts because I don't think I can keep my head down that long in the daytime
Don't worry, it's easy and quick surgery. They have a chair that they sell just for you to keep your head down. You can watch movies on your mobile phone with your head down with that special chair. You will be fine.
so what do u mean? :P you won't do the surgery and you choose to live with the double vision and who knows where it will get u? i dont understand that.... i am 37 and i got macular hole since last thursday... i am eager to do this and get done with it, i want to return to powerlifting but who knows when they will arrange this for me now...
Edit: missdiagnosed i dont have a macular hole but CSR, just fluid behind macular. Much simplier thing that jt goes away by itself. But you shoukd do the treatment!!!! I would!
I'm having this done in a week 2023 September. 28th. I have NO Vision loss,,, However I've been told to do this. " caught early " doc says. Am I doing the right thing ??????? Help .. 😢
Hello! For any health-related questions, please follow up with your surgeon.
Did you do it?
Yes, clue us in, please?
Like excellent explanations
Hi.
Where did you source the stickers marking Right and left eye shown at 4:32
God bless you 😢❤
I have a question I have a retinal scar in my left eye I had perfect eye i could see when I was small in grade 4 my eye drastically got weaker so my right was perfect -2.50 and my left is 4.75 so I have a lazy eye where doctor say I have amblyopia but 1 more question that when they remove gel from the inside eye do you get the gell back in the eye
Hello! The gel does not regrow after vitrectomy. The eye is fluid filled, and that fluid continues to be made.
@@hklaschka like naturaly before right ? & Today I went to the doctor he told me I had retina swollen edema what's the treatment for that
What State are you at?
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
At least 2 weeks. And then as much as possible for 2 more weeks.
Im going for this surgery on march 13th 2024😢😢😢
How did it go for you, friend? I had it done on the 12th.
@@TonyGarrett-p1c very good. I live in Long Island New York and I had it done at Stony Brook Hospital. The Hospital is very big like New York City 🙂 . You don't feel a thing at all. I was sedated, and only took 45 minutes. The only thing after surgery your eye can be itchy. Try to put cold soft cold pack on it. It will take 4 to 6 weeks to see good. They put air bubbles in my eye, because my retina was not detached. You will be fine 🙏🏼
@@TonyGarrett-p1c oh you had done on March 12 Th ? Sorry I thought you were going on the 12Th of April 🙂 I miss read it. Did you do good, I hope you did.
@@benedettocracolici197 Thank you much, Benedetto. I had to have a vitrectomy because of vitreal hemorrhage due to a botched repair on a torn retina. The vitrectomy was 12 March 2024.
The next day I went back and they took the patch off my eye. I was disappointed that I could not see clearly yet at that time. My eye was left half full of air and half full of saline solution. I could see this line running horizontally across my field of view in that eye.
Lol, it seemed like I had a bubble level in my eye. I joked that I could maybe fly an airplane without instruments, as I had my own, built-in 'artificial horizon' or even a 'turn and bank indicator'. 😎
The air bubble was expected to be absorbed by my body and the space filled with natural fluid from my body.
The air bubble has gradually moved down as the space is filled with fluid. As of this writing, 17 March, the bubble is all but gone and my vision is nearly as clear as the other eye now.
I do still have some black dot floaters in there yet. I'm wondering if they will settle out, as they seem to have the same durn specific gravity as the fluid, and just want to hang there.
The surgeon told me to expect to get a cataract in that eye, which I guess is typical.
Good luck to you!
Wish you perfect vision after ❤🙏🙏🙏
What is it called, it’s called too expensive to fix here in Australia. MEDICARE cancelled all eye surgery for people over 70. It’s very sad to be cast aside as TOO OLD.
😮😢🙏🏻
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