Anyone else had retinal detachment surgery?

Question

Has anyone had retinal detachment surgery in the form of a scleral buckle? Stories of post surgery...good, bad, indifferent...
My husband had this done two days ago, just wondering what others have to say about their experiences. Thanx.

Answer 1

Good results in retinal detachment surgery depend upon several factors:
(1) Duration- The sooner the patient is operated upon, the better the expected result.
(2) Location- Detachment farther away from central vision give better results than those located near the center of the eye.
(3) Size- Small detachments give better results than very large ones.
(4) General state of the retina- The less the degree of retinal degeneration; the better the postoperative outook. Generally, the younger the patient, the less retinal degeneration.
Please see the webpages on Retinal detachment and Retinal detachment repair

Answer 2

Oh God! I had a minor retinal detachment surgery when I was 16 (I am very near-sighted, so my eyes are very oblong I guess.)
I'm not sure if mine was the same as your husband's, but they "spot froze" the two holes with liquid nitrogen, which is like negative 30 degrees, and it KILLED. I had to wear a patch over my eye for about a week, and put some sort of antibiotic on my eye, and of course took some meds, but it was a reasonable recovery. I still have to go to the eye doctor once a year to have them checked.

Not sure if this was the same procedure...but if so, the recovery is about a week, and involves some slight pain, but is bearable.