Best Doctors for Retinal Detachment Treatment in Vijayawada

Retinal detachment is an eye condition in which the retina pulls away from the structures supporting it and is considered as a serious problem. Retinal detachment is classified into several types such as tractional, exudative and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The presenting complaints of retinal detachment include seeing a lot of floaters, seeing flashes of light, darkening or shadow covering part of the vision and darkening of the peripheral vision. The factors causing retinal detachment include nearsightedness, lattice degeneration, posterior vitreous detachment, diabetic neuropathy, inherited eye disorders, having a history of detachments in the other eye or retinal tears. The risk factors of this condition include old age, a previous eye surgery or an eye injury. The diagnostic tests conducted to evaluate for retinal detachment are fundus imaging, optical coherence tomography (OCT), a CT scan and eye ultrasound. The management of retinal detachment includes therapy or cryopexy, scleral buckle, pneumatic retinopexy and vitrectomy.