Dr. Rahul Vaswani
Ophthalmology (Eye Care)
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Hello doctor,
I am 18 years old and have ROP (retinopathy of prematurity). I have a completely detached retina in my left eye and a partially detached retina in my right eye. I was born prematurely at 28 weeks and was diagnosed with ROP. I have stage 5 ROP in my left eye and a partly detached retina in my right eye. Is there any surgical procedure available to re-attach my retina in my left eye and restore sight or to fully attach my retina in my right eye? Kindly help. Thank you.
Hello,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
I read your query and understand your concern.
As the right eye is only partially detached, I think you should go for surgery. Because as time passes, the detachment will increase, and with time visual prognosis becomes guarded. I suggest you discuss the option of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with your doctor. However, the results of scleral buckling and PPV are equivalent, but as your detachment is old, I would prefer PPV. As far as the left eye is concerned, the prognosis is poor as it has a complete retinal detachment. So my advice would be to focus all our resources on the right eye and then go for the left eye. Thank you.
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Ophthalmology (Eye Care)
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