Understanding The Inner Works Of The Eye

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It is no secret that the human body is a complex system that holds many secrets. It is also true that certain parts of the system might be more complex to understand and as a result thereof, these parts are also more challenging to treat. When we talk about the topic of treatment, surgery is surely also on the list. One such complex part is the eye. Being a specialist in this specific medical field is a challenging task that requires advanced qualifications, experienced hands and precision in all you do. A treatment option in eyecare is vitreoretinal surgery. As experts in eye care, the team of medical experts at Retina Surgeon UK explains what this procedure means.
Before we can go into what the surgery includes, we need to understand what vitreomacular traction is and to do that we need to understand the eye structure and how it works. To be able to have a clear vision, it is necessary to have a straight and smooth surface of the eye that is just under the right amount of tension. The way we get that is through the gel inside the eyeball that keeps everything in place. This gel, vitreous gel, starts to shrink as the ...
... body goes through the natural ageing process. As the gel starts to shrink, it begins to pull away from the macula, the nerve cells that are responsible for the clear central vision we have. This is also the part of the eye that ensures that we can see the finer details in life, may it be the fine print we need to read or even smaller details in traffic. In some cases, this process of pulling away takes place unevenly, leaving the vitreous gel stuck to the macula at certain places and not in others.
The treatment solution for this kind of medical concern would be to improve the vitreomacular traction of the eye. It is the kind of eye concern that medical professionals can only diagnose through a comprehensive eye examination and it is usually the procedure to follow when an eye patient comes in experiencing a distorted vision. It is important to realize that it is not all cases where the loss of vitreous gel took place that requires surgery, but in certain severe cases, there is no other way to treat this concern.
In more severe cases asking for vitreoretinal surgery is the only solution. This type of surgery doesn’t take too long and the patient will be awake during the procedure. The eye doctors will use a local anaesthetic to prevent the patient from feeling any pain during the procedure. This procedure entails that the eye doctor injects natural aqueous fluid into the eyeball to replace the loss of gel. It will allow the eyeball to expand to its full size again and the process restores the distorted vision of the patient.
While this is not an extremely complex kind of surgery, it does require a steady hand and that the patient lies extremely quiet for the entire time of the procedure as the tissue is so sensitive and any sudden movements can cause nerve damage to the eye. One of the key risks of this kind of procedure is that it can cause the onset of cataracts to speed up. As a preventative measure, the eye experts at Retina Surgeon UK suggests that patients that come in for vitreoretinal surgery also receive cataract surgery at the same time to ensure that the procedure is successful and delivers lasting results. By doing so, the patient will also spend less time in treatment and recovery will be much faster allowing them to return to their normal lives.
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