After Your Surgery (Post-Op) 

After any surgery, there will be a mandatory clinic visit the next day ("post operative day one" visit). Because we travel to different offices everyday of the week, the day after surgery appointment may be with an alternate doctor familiar with the details of your surgery. At this visit, the eye patch will be removed, and detailed instructions regarding eye drops, positioning (when applicable), restrictions and limitations will be reviewed. The subsequent post-operative visits will be at your usual office of choice with your surgeon.

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Don't forget to pick up your post-operative eye drops from the pharmacy - these drops will start the day after surgery. 

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For some, not all, retina surgeries, a gas bubble is implanted into the eye at the time of surgery for tamponade effect (e.g. retinal detachment, or macular hole surgery). Your surgeon will let you know if you have a gas in the eye or not. If you have a gas bubble, it is very important that you 'position' the head/eye in the direction told by your surgeon. This will manipulate the bubble to where it is needed most. If a gas bubble is present, it is usually in the eye for approximately one to two months, and will dissipate or diffuse out of the eye like a helium balloon deflating by itself. The eye will not deflate, and instead, it will produce a fluid that will fill the void of the disseminating gas bubble. It is very important that you do NOT fly or go to high altitudes (a change of more than 2000 feet) for the entire duration of your gas bubble. 


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