I’m not sure of the names. I had swelling and scar tissue on my retina that was causing severe visual distortion. It was caused by the semisolid clear filling in the eye drying out and pulling against the retina. The retinologist replaced the semisolid clear filling with what appeared to be water, leaving an air bubble which I was required to keep at the top of my eye. It jiggled around just as you’d expect. But after a few weeks it vanished, and my eye is again filled with a semisolid that is not stretching the retina.
While he did this, he used something that looked like a loop of wire to scrape the surface of the retina and remove the scar tissue. All of this worked very well and cleared up my vision in that eye to a large degree. I have a blank spot just off to the side of my central focus where I can’t see anything. But it may have been there all along and my vision was so affected I never noticed it.
The same process could be done on my other eye, but since it isn’t as bad and there is a potential risk I decided to let it go until or if it gets necessary. I’m very happy with the results and I wish you the best.
Incidentally, the reason I decided to go ahead with this is after talking to the doctor I felt he was very, very competent. If I had the slightest doubt in him, I’d have passed.
Thanks... What’s the vision in the eye now after the procedure?
“I’m not sure of the names”
i think it’s called a vitrectomy ...
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/vitrectomy
i had it done on both eyes, one at a time, to eliminate eyeballs full of floaters ...