Eyes are one of the most important parts of our body. People are developing many problems relating to eyes because of excessive exposure to the blue screen. Dry, itchy and swollen eyes, problem in retina are few of the non serious problems faced in young age. One of the problems faced with old age is the macular degeneration also known as Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD). There are two types of AMD, dry and wet. Macular degeneration injections are the only available treatment for wet AMD. At times a hole is developed in the Macula which can be treated by vitrectomy procedure.
In wet AMD, fragile vessels that grow behind macula, start leaking blood which distorts vision. This condition is treated with injections which block the growth of the vessel, there by blocking the flow of liquid. These injections are given directly into eyes every month. The short term side effects are slight redness or bleeding. These injections have been around for more than 10 years, no long term side effects have been observed till now.
During vitrectomy procedure the expert removes the vitreous gel from the eye cavity to have better access to the retina. The removal of this gel helps in other complications like removal of scar tissue, laser removal of retinal detachment, treatment of macular holes. Some other problems which this procedure helps in treating are damaged blood vessels in retina, wrinkles in retina, and infections inside eye. In some cases the vitreous liquid fills with blood or hardens. This liquid has to be removed and filled with saline water to save vision. This procedure could anywhere take one hour to several hours depending upon the condition being treated. Vitrectomy could also be a beginning of a series of procedures. Once the surgery is completed a gas bubble or silicone gel is inserted into the vitreous gel to hold the retina in place.
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