Retinal detachment is a disorder of one of the tunics that are important for the composition of the image, we have it in what we call the fundus of the eye, and the problem of retinal detachment is that this tunic is dislodged from its place, it is no longer where it should be and therefore cannot perform its function. It is usually preceded by a rupture or an acquired alteration of the retina.
Symptoms of retinal detachment
Retinal detachment, fundamentally, presents as a loss of vision that can vary depending on which area of the retina is the one that suffers:
- If it is the central area we have a significant loss of visual acuity.
- If what we begin to notice is loss of the peripheral visual field, we have to look for retinal detachment in the outermost areas of the retina.
Causes of retinal detachment
There are multiple causes. Normally, the most frequent causes are those that have some type of congenital or structural alteration and that due to the degradation of the vitreous humor, of the relationship of the vitreous humor with the retina, produce tractions, breaks or holes and a series of factors come together that lead to the liquid, to the liquefied vitreous humor leaking through these small holes, through these breaks, and the retina is dissected and becomes detached.
There are other causes, a little more external, such as traumatic ones, or even tumors, inflammatory diseases, but they are usually preceded by a type of structural alteration of the retina.
Retinal detachment treatment techniques
The treatment of retinal detachment is mainly surgical, although in very early cases we can use laser techniques to block these small holes, or these small alterations. Normally we have to resort to surgeries that may vary depending on where they have been broken and the extent of the retinal detachment.
Techniques without entering the eye, which we call extrascleral, or even going inside the eye, which are the intraectomies that we have to work on, apply the technique from the inside and generate the appropriate scars so that they do not happen again.