Total retinal detachment.Help needed.

About 15 years ago my younger brother met with an accident when a
stone struck his right eye.He is 29 years old now.His medical reports
talk about "Total retinal detachment present". Initially, he could
partially view things with the hurt eye.This seems to have slowly
vanished over years and now he doesnt seem to see anything with that
eye.In the last ten years I believe some medical advancement might
have made treatment of his situation possible.I found the following in
his medical report that dates back to 11.10.88:

Right Eye(one that suffered accident)
1.Axial length measured 2.2 cms
2.Anterior chamber measured 0.36cms
3.Lens not visualized
4.Vitreous shows bands and floaters.
5.Total retinal detachment present
6.Optic nerve appeared normal.

Left Eye
1.Axial length measured 2.2 cms
2.Anterior chamber measured 0.4cms
3.Lens in normal position
4.Vitreous appeared clear
5.No retinal detachment present
6.Optic nerve appeared normal.

If any advise or medical guidance could bring back the sight of my
brother's right eye that would be the greatest thing to happen in our
family.

Thank you very much for your time.

Sundar

 

Total retinal detachment is only repairable shortly after the injury. The
detachment causes gradual deterioration of the retinal tissue, which is why
he no longer sees at all. The retina is essentially "dead", and repair is
really out of the question, barring a miracle. Medical advancement cannot
bring back a dead retina.


David Robins, MD
Board certified Ophthalmologist
Pediatric and strabismus subspecialty
Member of AAPOS
(American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)

 

Dear doctor Robins,

Thank for you for the clarification.Now that setting right the wounded
eye seems to almost impossible,
1)could you suggest precautions that could be taken to preserve the
health eye.
2)does nature have any natural meachanism to make the eye sight of the
healthy eye more powerful now that one eye is almost dysfunctional.
3)Could an eye transplantation of the wounded eye help? or could any
part of the eye be transplanted to cure the situation?

All the above are a layman's questions.I would be grateful to hear
from you.

regards

Sundar