I first learned about vitrectomy about 20 years ago, and was horrified by everything about it. 2 months ago, I had a cataract surgery in my one eye with adequate vision which dropped lens fragments into the back of my eye, which caused my eye pressure to spike high enough to kill my optic nerve within a few weeks. Instead, a vitrectomy removed the lens fragments and thus halted my eye's self-destruct sequence. As a bonus, I also got rid of the countless floaters that have annoyed me my entire life. A month after the vitrectomy, I still have some visual acuity issues, but I'm not blind. The surgery which terrified me more than any other is now the surgery I value over any other. I'm sure there's some lesson to be found in this. 🙂

I never realized eyes could be such a pain in the ass with different problems

I found this far more interesting and informative than most other videos that’s just go on and on.

Excelente presentation! And such a calm & steady voice. Your a great teacher.

Great video, clear and concise! I've seen many videos and read a lot about eye surgeries, this is by far the best! I've had many eye surgeries done and hopefully the latest is the last, I'm healing very well and all thanks to the great doctor I have. Thank you all!

Thank you for making this video. I've had a persistent detachment that hasn't responded to a buckle or a bubble, so I've just had a victrectomy to try and fix it. Your video helped explain what was done and why.

Wow! Amazing video! Really helped me with my studies.

Very helpful video understanding what to expect from the surgery

this is so informative! Thanks a ton! I have very high prescription. This video helps me understand what i might go thru in future 🤓.

Thanks for putting video out

This medical knowledge video explains concepts and objective so well. 👍

Very helpfull lecture and presentation. Thank you.

Very useful video sir.thank you

Awesome, simple, easy

Ive lost my visiin due to diabetjic retinopathy. I am having surgery this Wednesday to fix my issues. Thank you so much for rxplaining it! I feel much better knowing what is going on...mych more detailed than what my surgein said. Thanks again!

Outstanding video, thanks for sharing 👍

Ty for this video - this has helped me to understand . Now I just need those paralyzed to attest to having this surgery & questions I should ask .

I have an entire case study due tomorrow, you just came in so much clutch old man. You are my favorite nigga

Excellent video!!!!!!!!!!

Another fewat video. Thanks doctor.

Well explained video . Thank you.

I had a vitrectomy four weeks ago tomorrow. I had a detached retina. I’m praying I get most of my vision back.

A very good explanation! I expected some actual surgery footage, anyways still good to undertand that procedure.

Thank you so much for the video!

Really helped me build concept while studying Thankyou!

Thank you

I had this done yesterday

I just had all 3 surgery at once. Only 31 but have always had severe myopia in both eyes, wear scleral lenses for contacts and still don't get 20/20. A guy rear ended me while completely stopped on a highway. He was going 50 and shoved the car into a semi. On his phone and no insurance go figure. This cause retinal detachment. I noticed floaters in left eye about 4 days. Went to an eye doctor the following week, sure enough was one, same day I started seeing the black veils. 3 days later I was scheduled to have just a sclerap buckle. 1 hour surgery turned into 3 and half hour, put that buckle on, gas and oil. Had to keep head down to posture for a week. Go back in a month to removed the oil and do laser on 3 tears in the other eye. 10 days later after initial surgery super blurry vision in left eye. But seems like I can almost see better in distance. Which is weird since I have to hold my phone less than an inch from my nose normally without corrective lenses to read anything on it. Now with the left eye I can hold it maybe 4 inches from nose and can see although still super blurry. Been a weird experience.

Greetings Doc, Do you recommend cataract surgery and lysis of synechiae combined with SB/PPV/laser and gas OS.? Do you think there is a great risk of infection if both are done at the same time?

Bravo Bravissimo, gracias Amigo docte 👍🙋💝💕

An awesome video.. Giving a clear understanding... Totally amazing i have never thought of having such clear concepts ever about viterectomy and traction that it causes! Good effort Sir! Appreciated and well done. :)

does the new hypersonic vitrectomy that does not use traction or guillotine reduces the risk of retinal detachment during floater removal vitrecromy?

Vitreoctomy directly causes cataracts within 2 years in 80% of those treated. It also causes severe problems with cataract lens replacement given the loss of its supportive vitreous gel, and causes miopía and monocular double vision. Avoid vitreoctomy, it just makes eyes surgery easier for surgeons at a higher cost for patients. In Japan, there are ophthalmologists who work through or around the vitreous to avoid these problems.

Thank you. I feel better about upcoming surgery.

Is saline still preferred to replace vitreous, they want to use SF6 or C3F8 gas here in Vermont, I understand there are is also silicone oil as option, which is best? thank you.

Is there a combination surgery to correct macular hole and myopia at the same time, i have been diagnosed with a oracular hole in my right eye. Thank you, sir.

I am seeing a small blur spot in my central vision in left eye, through which I am not able to read far from that eye only, otherwise I'm all okay with both eyes, does this require surgery?

Can you comment on the risk of vitrectomy if you have an intact Scleral Beckel?

I'm having a BAD cataract removed on 8th- by my specialist- and he says since it's old (happened in 2017) and hard- on a scale of 1-10, MINE is a 15 or MORE.. and instead of 10 min. as usually required to get a lens out-- this one will take an hour or MORE. Then, while he is IN there- he's doing the Vitrectomy. He had sent me to a MORE special specialist- and he confirmed I do have a DETACHED retina- said it looked like a cone. ( I can see light through the very old hard cataract- if it's bright-- and I can move my head all around and there are NO 'blind or blocked vision spots) . I'm hoping that after this surgery- I can actually see fine- because the cataract is gone.. and that the retina will NOT be as bad as they think. They have given me drops of extra strength- for 90 day period. He also said it would be a ROUGH one for ME too.. afterward- not during. I'm thinking, since I haven't been able to see the last 4 years-- if something happens due to the bad cataract or retina detachment-- if vision isn't possible after- I'll NOT have any more repair surgeries and just WEAR a PATCH on that eye- since the right one is healthy and he's going to put a Panoptics lens in after this one heals well enough. ADVICE???

Why has no one performed a vitrectomy on a floater filled eye and saved the fluid to determine what exactly is causing the collagen fibers to deteriorate and to find out EXACTLY why the collagen spores are clumping to one another.

Did you know there is a higher chance of getting in a car wreck then losing vision from this surgery? Pretty neat how safe it is with the right surgeon.

Frequent leaking of blood- haemorrhage in vitrious liquid in the eye as confirmed by angiography and OCT. BLOOD PRESSURE 150/90, PSO2 98 PULSE 67 and 63 yrs old male.

anyone with arn retinitis have to deal with it for the rest of their lives? and what causes it to activate in the eye

Pls tell the treatment also

Great video. Looking forward to clear vision after suffering for years, but it got so bad these massive floaters are directly in my vision field, Way more than a nuisance now. I just pray for no complications, Thanks.

@craigblackwell Have you ever heard of a YAG procedure following a cataract surgery being done in the shape of a diamond rather than a circular opening?

I have been going to a retina specialist for the past two months, I began perceiving floaters and became annoyed and I went in to the retina specialist as it was so bothersome. Come to find out I have lattice degeneration and about a dozen holes in my peripheral retina on both eyes. He recommended we laser around the holes to basically weld down the retina to prevent detachment. I have gone for three laser treatments so far and have about 3 to go , just had one done this past Monday actually . The day of and day after there is some aching sensation and then some days later it begins itching. I am only 30 years old and my floaters have had me debating getting a vitrectomy just for floaters. My floaters are a combination of vitreous syneresis and fibers from the many holes in my retina, luckily my macula is fine and I don’t have any vision changes aside from bothersome floaters.

What is macular pucker? Can anyone explain?

Hello! I am working on a case study for my class. Do you have a paper or book that contains this information/procedure that I could cite?

Hello, I had few thin line floaters in my left eye in 2015 but it has become more severe now, as it is blocking"ans affecting my vision, i can feel a thick lump sort of thing in my eye, when i see right it travels left and vise a versa, my doctor couldn't diagnosed at that time but now he says its an intermediate uveitis and it is effecting my right as well as the same thin like floaters have appeared in my right eye as well. After seeing this video i am little confused as i am not so sure if its an intermediate uveitis or retinal detachment? or should i go vitrectomy surgery? please guide me.

Anyone know the price rang of a vitrectomy in both eyes?

I wonder, what prevents the eye from deflating after this surgery, because I assume, it can't stay hollow. Does the vitreous body grow back after some time?

What are the long-term (5+ years) risks of vitrectomy, besides increased risk of cataract? e.g. Increased chance of retinal detachment, macular degeneration, other vision issues, etc?

Hello dr. I am from india i have 6month old baby boy and his eyes retinopathy of prematurty problem in india dr says that there no eny treatment avalable so can u suggest me can have any option for my childs eye vision . Rop stage is right eye is 5 and left eye is 4. Pls dr any treatment is there or not plss guild me what i have to do.

I had a vitrectomy with a gas bubble to fix a macular hole. I lost my central vision from the surgery.

does acute retinal necrosis damage optic nerve?

I had this done to my right eye.

My mum told me yesterday, she's been diagnosed with "Macular hole" and I've been thinking about it constantly. I just don't know whether to encourage her to do the surgery or not! :( ps. thanks for the video/animation anyway.

How long does it take to start seeing again my dad had vitrectomy because of gel clumps no retinal detachment or holes . its been 4 days and he sees just white cloudy and is worried.

Good

Hello, I am 19 and live in Richmond, VA (not too far from Fairfax). I went in on Friday to have my partial vision loss in the lower left quadrant of my peripheral vision (for my right eye) diagnosed. They said it is a partial retinal detachment. I should be having a vitrectomy within the next week. If I can notice that the vision in my center of vision is distorted does that mean my macula is being affected? Is it too late to save my vision completely?

I had developed what I call “snow” of round greyish dots in my eyes . A day later I had bigger floaters and cobwebs. The Optom found a retinal break. I had a laser treatment - -through the eye - on the retinal break at the doctors office. A week later there was so much more snow (believed to be a blood vessel bleeding) and other floaters that the doctor decided to do a vitrectomy in hopes of finding a bleeder to cauterise. They didn’t find one, but while in the eye they lasered the original break again in case there were blood vessels in the area bleeding into the eye. It now been a week since surgery and I have a few questions. 1) It is normal for me to see the Bubble from inside the eye? I see it very clearly. 1a) How long before the bubble disappears? 2) The bubble appears to be getting smaller, and sometimes I can see (not well at all) over top of the bubble, and I see floaters again. Not as many, but still some floaters/snow. Is it normal to see some floaters after a vitrectomy? Are they left over blood spots that couldn’t be removed? 3) Do they try to flush the eye during the surgery a couple of times after removing the vitreous to try and remove as much blood as possible? 4) A week after surgery my vision is still very foggy. I can barely see a foot in front of me, and even that is very foggy. Is that normal? 4) How long before my vision is clear?

Hi, My son developed a black dot within his vision in the center of his left eye and we were told by doctors in the UK that it shouldn't get worse. About a year later he has now told me that this morning he can see 4 dots in his left eye. The doctors originally told us that it was due to a small bleed in his retina. Is there anything that can be done to improve his vision? I will be very greatful for any information as nobody here seems to give me a straight answer. Would Vitrectomy surgery help at all? Thank you in advance!

What if we delay the surgery?

I have experienced flashes of light in my peripherals is it serious

Do they keep you awake during the surgery, or do they put you under?..😲

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4:05 So, they are considering using pond water or water lilies as a vitreous replacement? ; )

Sir, Is anesthesia done during surgery?

Is a vitrectomy done with a general or a local anaesthetic?

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I underwent a vitrectomy in each eye. It's an ordeal afterward

You are put out for the surgery

NO I HAVE HAD NO OPERATION IT IS NOT ON NHS

GREAT VIDEO LESS THE MUSIC

My ophthalmologist said there’s nothing that could be done about my vitreous floaters. I told her they are a nuisance especially when driving and she quickly dismissed me telling me that it’s normal and it’s not a cause for concern. When their clearly is procedures to treat floaters. She must’ve gotten her ophthalmology degree from dollar tree 🙄

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Had a vitretomy last week my vision look like it is coming back after a week

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People! Why don't you use natural therapies - much more effective and no side effects!!!

Omg I am freaking out now after reading g what a vitrectomy cause my surgery is June 27th. I cannot really see floaters everywhere been like this since December if last year started with one little floater now a bunch had shot in eye. Now its worse my vision is disappearing . I can’t go to Japan now I’m scared.🥹