Vitrectomy / Vitreoretinal Surgery

Vitreoretinal surgery, which can be performed under local or general anesthesia, takes approximately 90 to 120 minutes. In this surgery, which can be applied with or without sutures, the back of the eye is reached through 3 incisions of approximately 0.5 mm in the eye wall. After the gel (vitreous) in the eye is cleaned with a probe that can make 5000 incisions per minute, attempts are made to eliminate the problem in the retina. During surgery, serum, gas or silicone oil is placed inside the eye, and sometimes patients may be asked to lie in a certain position for a while after the surgery. It is inconvenient for patients who have had gas inserted into the eye to travel by plane until the gas is absorbed. It is necessary to remove the silicone oil after a while in patients who have silicone oil placed.