Eye Floater Surgery – What You Need to Know

1. Eye Floater Surgery – What You Need to Know Eye floaters are frustrating cob webs, thin strings that float around your field of vision. Eye floaters often happen as part of the ageing process and happens when the vitreous gel starts pulling away and becomes fibrous. The good news for anyone suffering with floaters right now, they do not cause blindness and they are treatable. In the majority of cases, nothing will be done about your floaters. Most people learn to live with them without worry, you start getting used to them. In cases where patients find their floaters too much and it bothers them when reading or looking into light, then there is a surgical option which is the only course of action, which is why most eye surgeons will wait until the floaters become unbearable before offering effective treatment. If you find that your eye floaters are bothering you and you want to have them treated, then you will need to visit an ophthalmologist, an eye surgeon and specialist with extensive experience working with floaters to provide relief to patients. You will be required to attend a consultation with the ophthalmologist, enabling them to assess the severity of your eye floaters and determine if surgery is the best course of action for you right now. During this consultation, you have the opportunity to ask any questions you may want to know, such as recovery time, how long you need off work and what to expect. Ensure you ask about any potential risks involved with a surgery of this nature. Eye floater surgery is treated as a day case. This means you arrive at the eye hospital at an agreed time, have your surgery, go into the recovery ward for a while and then you return home to recover in comfort. In fact, it's been reported that home recovery is faster than recovering in a hospital bed. On the day of your surgery, your surgeon will advise what and when you can eat and the time you are required to arrive at the hospital. On arrival, the nursing team will prepare you for surgery and take you into the operating room, ensuring you are comfortable and relaxed at all times. The surgery involves the removal of the vitreous gel. This gel is found inside the eye and is what gives your eye its shape. The gel is what is causing your problems and the fibrous gel is pulling away, breaking free and floating around. In order to reach the vitreous gel, the surgeon makes a very small incision in the eye to carefully remove the gel in a few easy steps.

2. Vitreous gel is very important in maintaining your eye shape, so with the removal of the gel, the surgeon replaces it with a solution, which will replace the gel and help your eyes remain in shape, helping to improve your sight moving forward.It's important to be aware that the surgery may not be one hundred percent effective in removing all the floaters. This is something to discuss in detail with your surgeon before the surgery to avoid disappointment. Even with one or two floaters that escape removal, you will find your vision dramatically improved.In addition to this, this type of surgery can increase your risk of a retinal tear. Again this is something you will want to discuss in detail with your surgeon before proceeding with the surgery to ensure the surgery meets your expectations.Finally, it's essential that you follow your surgeons instructions for after the surgery from when you can drive to how to hold your head to ensure the best end results. About Us: Mahi Muqit is a leading consultant ophthalmologist, cataract and vitreoretinal surgeon at two private clinics in London, United Kingdom. He provides patients with superior service and support with a range of surgical procedures to meet their eye sight requirements. He has built up a solid reputation for his eye services in the London area as an expert eye doctor and surgeon offering surgical retina, medical retina and complex cataract surgery. He also offers surgery to patients suffering from diabetic retinopathy. Mahi Muqit is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, a member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons and the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. To find out more, visit https://www.retinasurgeon.uk