A scleral buckle is a piece of silicone sponge, rubber, or semi-hard plastic that your eye doctor (ophthalmologist) places on the outside of the eye (the sclera, or the white of the eye). The material is sewn to the eye to keep it in place.
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I had a scleral buckle placed about 2 weeks ago. I am a 25 year old male who started having strange visual symptoms about 3 months ago. My symptoms didnt really seem to correlate with RD so I didnt actually get medical attention for it for about 3 months.
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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 use...
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Scleral Buckle and Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment, This 65 year old woman had retinal detachment with decrease visual acuity for 1 week.. The visual acu.
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This patient had a retinal detachment with symptoms of a creeping shadow for about a week. The examination showed that some components of the retinal detach ...
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This is a discussion on MedHelp about Post Scleral Buckle Surgery Condition. Community members of MedHelp provide help, support, guidance and discussion around the topic of Post Scleral Buckle Surgery Condition ... I just had a scleral buckle surgery for my right eye (with a retinal hole and detachment) about 2~3 weeks ago.
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Re: Scleral Buckle Surgery; Posted by horses on 01/10/2007 ; All I can say is I will pray for you, I have had 2 detached retina surgeries in the past 3 months and now they tell me the scar tissur is pulling the retina away again!!
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A scleral buckle is the traditional surgical procedure used in repairing a detached retina. A detached retina occurs when a portion of the retina inside the back of the eye comes loose from the underlying epithelium.
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Scleral Buckle Surgery ... (For a definition of Scleral Buckle and links to further information, see the MD Support Glossary.) ... My scleral [buckle] transplant was a strip of sclera from an eye bank, and attached next to my cornea. Then the eye is turned and the strip is wrapped around the equator of the eye,
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