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Retinal Treatments

Retinal Treatments For Diabetic Retinopathy

Retinal Treatments for Retinal Tears and Retinal Treatments for macular Edema

Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy

There are two types of laser treatment. The first is known as Panretinal Photocoagulation (PRP) and it consists of laser spots being burned into a wide area across the the Retina tissue to help with the decrease the Retina’s need for oxygen. For this surgery the patient’s eyes are dilated and numbed. The doctor than focuses the laser on the appropriate locations of the Retina and places the laser spots. Sometimes the outter vision of one’s eye is destroyed but the treatment helps save the crucial part center part of one’s vision. The patient will experience light flashes. Since a laser is used the patient will experience some discomfort but healing time is quick although a driver for the trip home is required.

The second type of Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy is known as Focal Laser Photocoagulation. During this procedure the blood vessels of the eye are sealed and shrunken. This procedure feels the same as the first laser treatment, and the patient is given mild numbing drops. This is performed in earlier stages of Diabetic Retinopathy in order to eliminate leaky blood vessels.

Vitrectomy

Vitrectomy is a different kind of retina surgical procedure that removes the vitreous so your surgeon can repair the damaged portion of your eye. Once the defect is repaired the surgeon then replaces the emptied cavity with a gas bubble. Since gas rises and the macula and retina are at the back of the eye, recovering patients must remain facedown in order for the gas bubble to effectively apply pressure to the area in need of healing, allowing the macula or retina to re-bond to the eye wall and a new vitreous to eventually replace the gas bubble.

Although a vitrectomy is a relatively painless procedure with a strong, successful track record in improving vision, the recovery from vitrectomy is often more challenging because patients must contend with the monotony, stress and discomfort of a 23-hour-a-day facedown-postoperative position. Most vitreo-retinal ophthalmologists agree that a vitrectomy is most successful when patients fully comply with facedown recovery instructions.

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Southwest Houston

7710 Beechnut
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77074
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Southeast Houston

Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital Medical Plaza 1
11914 Astoria Blvd
Suite 680
Houston, TX 77089
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Angleton

146 East Hospital Dr
Suite 210
Angleton, TX 77515
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Katy Office Texas Eye Institute

Katy

Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital Medical Plaza 2
23960 Katy Freeway
Plaza 2, Ste 210
Katy, TX 77494
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Sugar Land

4977 Sweetwater Blvd
Sugar Land, TX 77479
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