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Treatment of Cornea Detachment

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The University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich was founded in 1834. It combines long traditions with the very latest advances in modern medicine. The medical facility includes 33 specialized departments and 20 interdisciplinary centers, where patients can receive top-class medical care in all medical fields. The hospital annuall
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University Hospital Ulm
University Hospital Ulm
Overall rating8.7 / 10
The University Hospital Ulm is an advanced medical complex that provides patients with high-class medical care using the very latest scientific achievements. The medical facility has been performing successful clinical activities for more than 40 years and has long earned an excellent reputation throughout Europe. The hospital r
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According to the reputable Focus magazine, the University Hospital Frankfurt am Main ranks among the top German medical facilities! The hospital was founded in 1914 and today is a well-known German medical facility, which combines rich traditions and scientific innovations. A medical team of more than 6,500 employees cares about
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According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the Charite University Hospital Berlin occupies the first place in the rating of the top German medical facilities! The hospital is one of the largest and leading university medical complexes in Europe. The hospital in Germany provides modern diagnostics and treatment of patients, a
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According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Muenster ranks among the top German hospitals! The hospital belongs to the most prestigious medical institutions in Germany. The hospital is distinguished by a high professionalism of its doctors, state-of-the-art technological equipment and the availability of the most ad
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According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital RWTH Aachen ranks among the top German hospitals! As a maximum care university medical facility, the hospital guarantees patients first-class medical services combined with a respectful and human attitude. The hospital integrates all the modern options for the
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According to the Focus magazine, University Hospital Erlangen ranks among the best medical facilities in Germany! The hospital is one of the leading healthcare facilities in Bavaria and offers top-class medical care distinguished by the close intertwining of clinical activities with research and training of medical students. The
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According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is one of the top ten hospitals in Germany! Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena, which it still holds today. A highly competent medical team of more than 15,300 employees takes care of the
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According to the Focus magazine in 2019, the University Hospital Würzburg ranks among the top national German hospitals! The hospital is one of the oldest medical facilities in Germany. The centuries-old traditions of first-class treatment are combined with the very latest achievements of modern evidence-based medicine and
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University Hospital Bonn
University Hospital Bonn
Overall rating9.2 / 10
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the University Hospital Bonn ranks among the top ten medical facilities in Germany! The hospital was opened on January 1, 2001, although in fact it inherits the medical facility, which operated at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bonn. The hospital in Germany combin
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University Hospital Jena
University Hospital Jena
Overall rating8.9 / 10
According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital Jena regularly ranks among the top German medical facilities! The hospital has positioned itself as a multidisciplinary medical facility with a long history of more than 200 years. Since its foundation, the hospital has been constantly developing and modernizin
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According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the University Hospital Halle (Saale) is one of the best medical institutions in Germany! The history of the hospital goes back more than 300 years, and during this time it has managed to gain an excellent reputation not only in Germany, but also throughout the world. The hospital pos
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The University Hospital Marburg UKGM offers patients modern diagnostics and comprehensive therapy at the international level. As a maximum care hospital, the medical facility specializes in all fields of modern medicine ranging from ophthalmology to traumatology and dentistry. The main areas of specialization of the hospital are
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According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is regularly ranked among the best medical institutions in Germany! The hospital is the largest multidisciplinary medical facility, as well as a leading research and training center in Germany and Europe. The hospital is proud of i
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According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the University Hospital Duesseldorf ranks among the top Germany hospitals! The hospital is an excellent example of a combination of high-quality health care, research and teaching activities. With more than 50,000 inpatients and about 300,000 outpatients every year, the hospital is
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According to the prestigious medical publication Focus, the University Hospital Tuebingen ranks among the top five German hospitals! The hospital was founded in 1805, therefore it is proud of its long history, unique experience, and outstanding achievements in the field of medical care, as well as research and teaching activitie
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About the disease

Cornea detachment is damage of an eye. Person loses visual acuity due to such detachment. It is a very dangerous disease as it can result in full or partial blindness. In fact most cases of blindness happen due to detached cornea. Today cornea detachment is considered to be one of the most difficult eye surgeries. Diagnosis of cornea detachment became possible only when ophthalmoscope was invented. If person has detached cornea, his peripheral and main vision suffer. Nowadays out of 40,000 people 2 suffer from cornea detachment. Fortunately, cornea detachment can be surgically cured, although there can be a number of difficult post-surgical complications.

The main causes of cornea detachment are:

  • Myopia, which is another eye disease
  • Trauma to eyes, which was acquired in an accident
  • Diabetes
  • Retinal degeneration
  • Eye tumor

If a person has relatives who suffered from detached cornea, he/she are in risk group. Also people after 60-65 years of age can develop it, because eyes lose mobility and strength.

Among diseases that can lead to cornea detachment are dystrophy, diabetes and retinal tear. If person has hormonal dysfunction, he can also develop cornea detachment. Certain eye injuries also provoke development of cornea detachment. Diabetes often precedes degeneration of cornea. It happens because of high sugar level destroys the nerve endings and certain cells, that are responsible for the work of eye.  When cornea detachment begins its detrimental process at eye periphery, loss or decrease of peripheral begins. At this point a person needs immediate eye surgery to quickly restore cornea structure, otherwise patient may become blind. To avoid blindness, surgery needs to be done in the first weeks or even days after first symptoms appearance, since detrimental process develops very quickly and is irreversible. Outcome of surgery depends on whether detrimental process of cornea detachment reached macula. Macula is the central part of an eye. Recovery after cornea detachment surgery can be difficult. Self-recovery of cornea happens only in exceptional cases and it lasts for an extremely short period of time, which means that there is probability of cornea detachment recurrence in future.

Cornea detachment has primary and secondary forms. Primary form occurs as a result of damage in the eye. The secondary form can develop during hemorrhage, stroke, tumor development, inflammation and injury acquired in an accident.

By origin cornea detachment can be divided into traumatic, degenerative, idiopathic groups. People who have myopia are in risk group. They need to be examined regularly. Also elderly people with diabetes, degenerative, hereditary diseases or severe inflammatory eye ball disease and pregnant women can develop it, if precautionary measures were not carried out.

Symptoms

Successful outcome of cornea detachment treatment fully depends on the time when patient visited eye doctor and when he noticed cornea detachment symptoms. The sooner doctor identifies nature of disease and its causes, the sooner patient can begin detached cornea treatment.

Detached cornea symptoms include:

  • Pain in the eye
  • Blurredness
  • Veil, which usually appears at the front of the eyes
  • Nausea
  • Headaches
  • Dark spots in front of eyes
  • Sparks, lightning in eye
  • Eye distortion
  • Inability to focus vision on different objects

In some cases patients with cornea detachment say that their vision improves after a long night sleep. This can be explained by the fact that horizontal body position moves cornea back into its place. When person takes vertical position again, cornea is once again moving from choroid, so visual defects are renewed.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis of detached cornea does not present difficulties for ophthalmologist. Special microscope allows doctor examine all parts of eye lens and see slightest changes in cornea. Special lamp can also show the detachment.

Treatment

Methods of treatment is chosen strictly individually for each patient, because every case is individual and medicine that helped some groups of patients could be not effective for another group. Cornea detachment can not be treated by pills, any kind of eye drops or certain eye injections. The only possible chance to preserve cornea is surgery.

To restore cornea patient may need to choose among several surgery options. 

  • Laser photocoagulation for cornea detachment can performed right after diagnosis. During this procedure the laser beam is directed to the place of the gap. This method is considered to be a good option because it does not require surgery, the recovery period is short, swelling and irritation of the eyes is only slight.
  • During cryopexy surgeon fixes cornea`s tissues using special frost. Under general or local anesthesia frost can cure cornea defect at the place of rupture. Cryopexy can also leave a small scar. Cryopexy stands for cryo, which means cold. Recovery of cornea detachment can last longer than photocoagulation recovery period. There can be swelling, redness of eye and eyes can fatigue fast.  Cryopexy is most effective in the peripheral cornea breaks.

After resolving the problem, patients needs to follow the steps:

  • No stress, when eyes can be under pressure
  • No physical exercise, which increases heart rate
  • No bathing in very hot water, sauna
  • No cooking on hot oven

Fumes, high temperatures can reduce the effectiveness of cornea detachment treatment and slow cornea recovery of eyes. Medical treatment for cornea detachment, such as special gels and eye drops may reduce swelling, irritation and improve metabolism in eyes.

Authors: Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova, Dr. Sergey Pashchenko