Management of retinal disease and detachment There are several surgical procedures that can be used to treat a retinal detachment including:
- Attaching a small band of silicone or plastic to the outside of the eye.
- Removing the clear like jelly fluid from the posterior chamber of the eye (vitreous body) and replaced with clear silicone oil to push the detached portion of the retina back onto the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE).
- Injecting a small bubble of gas into the vitreous body to push the detached portion of the retina onto the RPE.
