Retinal detachment repair

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Detached retina

Scleral buckling; Vitrectomy; Pneumatic retinopexy; Laser retinopexy

Risks for retinal detachment surgery include:

• Bleeding
• Detachment that is not completely fixed (may require more surgeries)
• Increase in eye pressure (elevated intraocular pressure)
• Infection

General anesthesia may be needed. The risks for any anesthesia are:

• Reactions to medications
• Problems breathing

Review Date: 08/12/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Franklin W. Lusby, MD, Ophthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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