{"id":38035,"date":"2025-08-19T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?post_type=procedure&#038;p=38035"},"modified":"2025-12-09T21:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:24:39","slug":"vitrectomy","status":"publish","type":"procedure","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/procedure\/vitrectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitrectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Vitrectomy?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pars plana vitrectomy uses microincisions (23\u201327 gauge) to remove the vitreous gel, allowing treatment of problems such as retinal detachment, macular hole, epiretinal membrane, vitreous hemorrhage, and severe floaters. The eye is filled with balanced salt solution, gas, or silicone oil at the end of the case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to expect after Vitrectomy?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eye patch\/shield and drop regimen&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blurry vision initially; clarity improves over days to weeks&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If gas is used: specific head positioning and <strong>no air travel<\/strong> until cleared&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39245,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"specialty":[1130],"class_list":["post-38035","procedure","type-procedure","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialty-ophthalmology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure\/38035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/procedure"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/procedure"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"specialty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/specialty?post=38035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}