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Repairing Retinal Detachment Through Scleral Buckling

Reparing retinal detachment with scleral buckling works more than 80 percent of the time with one operation. But a reattached retina doesn't guarantee normal vision. How well you see following surgery depends in part on whether the macula was affected by the detachment before surgery, and if it was, for how long. Your sight isn't likely to return to normal if the macula was detached.

Repairing Retinal Detachment Through Scleral Buckling

Even if the macula wasn't affected and scleral buckling successfully repairs your retina, you have a 10 percent chance of losing some vision due to wrinkling, or puckering, of the macula.

How To Restore Eyesight - During Cataract Surgery

How To Restore Eyesight

Important advances in surgical technique and more sophisticated technology have helped make surgery a safe and effective treatment for cataracts. Two things happen during cataract surgery - the clouded lens is removed, and a clear artificial lens is inserted.
 
How To Restore Eyesight

Prior to surgery, your eye doctor will measure the size and shape of your eye to determine the proper lens implant power. This measurement is made with a painless ultrasound test. Cataract surgery is typically an outpatient procedure that takes less than an hour. Most people are awake, relaxed and comfortable during the surgery, needing only local anesthesia. On rare occasions some people may need to be put under general anesthesia.