Changjiang Daily Wuhan Client March 12 (Reporter Tang Zhifeng Correspondent Yu Ying) Huang Pi’s 62-year-old Ms. Chen did not seek medical treatment until 40 days after retinal detachment. Many hospitals said that even with surgery, her eyesight would recover. hope is also very slim. I wanted to give up the treatment, but because of the pain in the eyes, the old man had surgery last week. On March 11, Ms. Chen, who recovered after surgery, said excitedly that although her postoperative vision was only 0.1, it was a world of difference between light and darkness.
At the beginning of the month, Ms. Chen found that she could barely see anything in her left eye. She visited several hospitals and was told that the retina had been detached for 40 days. Even with surgery, the hope of her vision recovery was very slim. After listening to the doctor’s words, the old man was ready to give up the treatment.
Last week, the old man not only could not see in his left eye, but also had symptoms such as redness, stickiness, and pain, which was very uncomfortable. So, the old man came to Wuhan Aige Eye Hospital for treatment.
Director Duan Quoping of the Fundus Disease Department of the hospital found that the left eye of the elderly had retinal detachment, choroidal detachment, cataract, and high myopia in both eyes.
“Once the retina is detached, if you don’t care about it, you will not only be blind, but some people will also have various uncomfortable symptoms, such as severe eyeball atrophy and enucleation.” Director Duan Quoping told the patient that the operation may still be serious. Brighten up. Ms. Chen, who experienced the pain of temporary blindness, decided to operate.
It is very difficult to perform left eye vitrectomy, epiretinal membrane peeling, complex retinal repair, complex choroidal reattachment, scleral cerclage and cataract surgery for the elderly at one time. Director Duan Gaoping led the team to carefully design the operation plan and successfully performed the operation for the elderly. The visual acuity of the elderly improved from blindness to 0.1 after surgery.
Director Duan Haoping reminded: If the eyes have the following symptoms, it is likely to be retinal detachment, and you must seek medical attention in time: the shadows in front of you are fluttering, the things you see are deformed; the flashing sensation, there are fireworks in the eyes Sensation; vision loss; visual field changes, feeling that there is a fixed dark shadow in front of the eyes. He said that after retinal detachment, the earlier the surgery, the higher the success rate and the better the recovery of vision after surgery.
[Editor: Yu Lina]