Removing the eyeball during surgery?

[debit]

Dr. Steve,

One of the Polish guys that I work with said that with some eye surgeries they take the eye out to work on and then put it back in. I assume that they leave the optic nerve attached.

I was wondering if this was the case and if it was fairly standard.


Thanks!

[Dr Steve]

Dr. Steve,

One of the Polish guys that I work with said that with some eye surgeries they take the eye out to work on and then put it back in. I assume that they leave the optic nerve attached.

I was wondering if this was the case and if it was fairly standard.


Thanks!

I thought I had heard something about that myself, before, but I'll be darned if I can find anything on it. I see a retinal specialist this month and I'll ask him about it. If they DID do such a thing, the optic nerve would have to remain attached during the surgery, along with its blood supply; this seems like it would be a very difficult thing to do. At best, they'd be able to loosen it all up a little...the image of the eyeball hanging out 6 inches from the face with the optic nerve attached is not a real-world image.

Now, I did happen to find this video, that is vaguely related:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbvaEgQM8M

Yes, that's your old pal doctor steve getting his stupid eye injected with steroids.

FUN!

[Hottub]

GNARLEY!!!:thumbup:

They only gave me pills (steroids and antibiotics) when I had my last flare up of toxo.

[Dr Steve]

GNARLEY!!!:thumbup:

They only gave me pills (steroids and antibiotics) when I had my last flare up of toxo.


check out this one too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxaHbzMgFhw

fun!

sorry to hear about the toxo, my brotha

[Hottub]

Jeez. That is insane.
Why are you getting injections, Doc?


And as for the toxo, my retina guy says I can expect a flare-up every 10 years.:thumbdown:
The last one gave me a bit vision trouble because the jelly was disturbed. He said he would be more than happy to operate! I declined.
Also, the scarring is incredibly close to the optic nerve. A millimeter away from being blind in my left. I guess someone is looking out for me.

[mikeyboy]

Now, I did happen to find this video, that is vaguely related:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbvaEgQM8M

Yes, that's your old pal doctor steve getting his stupid eye injected with steroids.

FUN!

Oof. I can't even click on that. I'm not a terribly squeamish person, stuff with the eyes really skeeves me. I hope you at least got bionic vision after that.

[Dr Steve]

Oof. I can't even click on that. I'm not a terribly squeamish person, stuff with the eyes really skeeves me. I hope you at least got bionic vision after that.

well, I have this stupid thing called "posterior uveitis", which is basically an inflammation of the retina and posterior vitreous humor (eye jelly). Most cases are "ideopathic", meaning there's no known cause (the word comes from the fact that the doctor is in idiot and the patient is pathetic, haw haw haw)

Anyway, my vision went from 20/20 to 20/200 in the space of a week. That second injection right into the eyeball was done about a week before the third live Weird Medicine (I think), and it was out of desperation. I was worried I wouldn't be able to read the call monitor in the studio and I'd have to let PA John choose the calls; I'm too much of a control freak to let that happen! ha!

After the second one I'm back to 20/30 to 20/50 which after being legally blind, I'll take. It feels bionic compared to losing my ability to drive, read, and watch hooters on paltalk!

[Dougie Brootal]

i am throwing up right now. i will never click on an eyeball thread again.

[boosterp]

Dr. Steve,

One of the Polish guys that I work with said that with some eye surgeries they take the eye out to work on and then put it back in. I assume that they leave the optic nerve attached.

I was wondering if this was the case and if it was fairly standard.


Thanks!

They do "pop" the eye out during some surgery like when correcting a "lazy" eye but just enough to get behind the eye to shorten one of the muscles that control your eye. I saw this on one of my my early rotations and my toes were curling until I got cramps. Yuk!

[made cummsies]

^^^^^

and watch hooters on paltalk!
lucky you, a spammer was kind enough to post a thread appropriate eye exam

you should be able to see three nipples, one cooter and one fart box :p