Vitrectomy Info, Facts and Educational YOU TUBE Videos
You Tube has a variety of interesting videos that can give some practical, educational information for those who care to look. The videos and information contained on You Tube should always be viewed and considered with a degree of care and caution. With that reality, some videos that might be helpful to you and your family are available below:
Dr. Craig Blackwell an ophthalmologist based in Santa Cruz, CA has quite a few © educational videos about the eye, and various conditions of the eye, and treatments.
Two of Dr. Blackwell's videos that might be particularly interesting to those who have a macular hole, detached retina, are having or have had a vitrectomy are:
Another video you might enjoy is:
A very graphic option that shows Dr. Brett Foxman, Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, NJ performing an actual vitrectomy surgery on October 20, 2011.
Macular Degeneration is an entirely different eye condition. Dr. Craig Blackwell has some interesting educational videos about the current research and things that could be of interest to those who are experiencing or know someone who is.
- A simple, one-minute informational video describing a little about what vitrectomy surgery is can be watched by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A6e_LMa4pH8
Dr. Craig Blackwell an ophthalmologist based in Santa Cruz, CA has quite a few © educational videos about the eye, and various conditions of the eye, and treatments.
Two of Dr. Blackwell's videos that might be particularly interesting to those who have a macular hole, detached retina, are having or have had a vitrectomy are:
- Retinal Tear Detachment, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHefZIQzj8Y a little over 13 minutes
- Vitreous 3: Vitrectomy Surgery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5XP01tVFBU, about 9 minutes
- Vitreous 1: Vitreous Aging and Floaters, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCITS-WUgOk, a little over 8 minutes
- Vitreous 2: Vitreous and Trouble, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnqTgs49498 a little over 10 minutes
Another video you might enjoy is:
- Indications for Vitrectomy by MDConversation, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgmhXUuKwA a little over 8 minutes
A very graphic option that shows Dr. Brett Foxman, Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, NJ performing an actual vitrectomy surgery on October 20, 2011.
Macular Degeneration is an entirely different eye condition. Dr. Craig Blackwell has some interesting educational videos about the current research and things that could be of interest to those who are experiencing or know someone who is.
- Macular Degeneration 2013 Review, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8POs9-0KzQ 12 minutes
- Continuing, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F5-M4YLyAo 15 minutes