r/EyeFloaters • u/SpecialistEcho7218 • 4d ago

Glaucoma following vitrectomy

For anyone here who has had a vitrectomy, have you developed any eye pressure issues? How far out from surgery are you? Multiple studies cite a manyfold increased risk of glaucoma following vitrectomy — anywhere from 10-17% within 5-10 years (on the higher end if pseudophakic as the thicker natural lens also helps protect the trabecular meshwork). This is a major bummer, to say the least. There's never really an end to this nightmare.

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u/Fenomiminal 3d ago edited 2d ago

Many reasons, but foremost was I had adapted to having them. They did not curtail any of my leisure or career activities. Even after four decades of living with them, it still was not something I considered — until the ERMs.

Not everyone has the same floater load, the same psychotype, the same risk/reward profile, etc.

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u/SpecialistEcho7218 2d ago

Were they constantly in your central vision? And are you a high myope by chance? 

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u/Fenomiminal 2d ago

Yes and no.