A gas bubble will be injected into your eye after retinal detachment surgery. This gas bubble will press the detached retinal area back into your eyeball, sort of like an internal clamp. The surgeon takes advantage of the gas bubble’s property of floating upwards, opposite of gravity. This is where the purposeful “positioning” of your head angle and its importance comes into play. Your surgeon will tell you how to position your head in order to have the gas bubble push on a specific part of your eye that he wants to clamp in place.
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After retinal detachment surgery (vitrectomy) an intravitreal gas bubble may be injected into your eye. I’m not quite exactly sure of the purpose of the gas, but it might be used to put added pressure on the retina to hold it into the proper position, acting as a clamp. A web site says the gas may be used to keep the wound site dry, aiding wound repair. The gas should naturally be reabsorbed by the body in 1-3 months.
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Gas Bubble in your Eye after Retina Detachment Surgery
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