After the surgery, your eye should remain closed for 3 days unless told otherwise. (You can buy clean covering cotton and tapes from the pharmacy and change them daily)
Do not get water in your eyes for a week; Wash your head from behind and wash your body separately, clean your face and around your eyes with wet cotton. Do not take a full shower, water may get into your eyes and you may get an infection. After completing a week, you can take a shower with your eyes closed and without rubbing your eyes.
Cover your eyes with unclean tissues, paper towels, etc.
Do not touch your eyes and protect them from trauma.
When you are discharged, be sure to ask your doctor which medications you should use and, if drops are given, how many times a day. Find out by asking and how long you need to drip.
After discharge, some stinging and pain in the eye (responsive to painkillers) can be considered normal. However, if you have complaints such as new-onset severe PAIN(not responding to painkillers), redness, sudden worsening of vision,, be sure to have your eye examined as soon as possible. You need to be evaluated by a physician. Your eye pressure may have increased or you may have an infection!… In this case, you may need to receive additional treatments quickly.
Make sure to find out from your doctor whether any substance (such as GAS; Silicone) has been injected into your eye. If so, head position is important after the operation. Ask your doctor how you should lie down and for how long and stay in that position.
If GAS has been applied to your eyes ;
It is normal to feel a black darkness in front of your eyes.
Patients who have been given GASto their eyes are strictly prohibited from traveling by AIRPLANE!!. Prefer other means of travel until the gas is completely removed.
Do not receive general anesthesia for any reason. If necessary (in emergency situations), inform the anesthesiologist that there is gas in your eye and choose the appropriate anesthetic agent accordingly. In this case, anesthesia containing nitrogen should be avoided, otherwise your eyes may be seriously damaged.
Depending on the type of gas given, the gas remains in the eye for 2-6 weeks and prevents you from seeing during this period. This gas gradually disappears over time, decreasing every week, and your visual field gradually opens, especially starting from the upper half. A sudden darkening in the area you can see in the upper half indicates that you should immediately consult your doctorand that new intervention may be required.
Usually, it takes 10-15 days until the gas is completely removed. You need to have follow-up examinations. If you are given a later appointment after discharge, be sure to warn your doctor!!!
If SILICONE was given to your eye;
Silicone usually remains in the eye for at least 3 months and then a new surgery is performed to remove it.
Silicone is not a substance that can remain in the eye for life and It is possible that it may deteriorate after a while and cause damage to the eyes. It is absolutely necessary to check it at regular intervals.
It should not be forgotten that there is a risk of recurrence of retinal detachment after silicone removal.
IN EMERGENCY call your doctor directly.
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