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  2. Scleral buckle - Wikipedia

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    A scleral buckle is one of several ophthalmologic procedures that can be used to repair a retinal detachment. Retinal detachments are usually caused by retinal tears, and a scleral buckle can be used to close the retinal break, both for acute and chronic retinal detachments. [citation needed] Scleral buckles come in many shapes and sizes.

  3. Retinal detachment - Wikipedia

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    Retinal detachment is a condition where the retina pulls away from the tissue underneath it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It may start in a small area, but without quick treatment, it can spread across the entire retina, leading to serious vision loss and possibly blindness . [ 4 ]

  4. Eye surgery - Wikipedia

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    Retinal detachment repair Ignipuncture is an obsolete procedure that involves cauterization of the retina with a very hot, pointed instrument. [22] A scleral buckle is used in the repair of a retinal detachment to indent or "buckle" the sclera inward, usually by sewing a piece of preserved sclera or silicone rubber to its surface. [23]

  5. Savannah Guthrie will need more surgery to fix eyesight after ...

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    TODAY's Savannah Guthrie will have to go back under the knife to fix her eyesight after an accident left her with a tear in her retina in November.

  6. Posterior vitreous detachment - Wikipedia

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    The risk of retinal detachment is the greatest in the first 6 weeks following a vitreous detachment, but can occur over 3 months after the event.. The risk of retinal tears and detachment associated with vitreous detachment is higher in patients with myopic retinal degeneration, lattice degeneration, and a familial or personal history of previous retinal tears/detachment.

  7. Intravitreal administration - Wikipedia

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    Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, when the retina breaks allowing vitreous fluid to leak into the subretinal space, resulting from intravitreal injection is rare, occurring at most in 0.67% of people. [6] This fluid can cause sensory tissues to detach from the retina, thus losing their source of nutrition, and slowly killing the cells. [8]

  8. Savannah Guthrie forced to undergo surgery for critical eye ...

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    The "Today" show unfolded Wednesday without co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, who is undergoing retinal detachment surgery three weeks after suffering a serious eye injury.

  9. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease that develops as a complication of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.PVR occurs in about 8–10% of patients undergoing primary retinal detachment surgery and prevents the successful surgical repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.