Maribel Carrasco

13 de April de 2022

Do I have a detached retina or not? Should I wait or be operated on urgently? These were Maribel’s doubts and she didn’t want to settle for a relatively unclear solution and decided to visit IMO for answers to her questions.

A precise diagnosis is the first step in safely tackling any disease. Otherwise, uncertainty and anxiety lead you to look for alternatives that throw light on the situation, as Maribel Carrasco did. The patient went to a routine check-up in her home town of Malaga with the idea of seeing whether her myopia had increased. To her surprise, basically because she hadn’t noticed any symptoms, they detected a detached retina. Given that it was very close to the macula, they sent her urgently to Cordoba, where she went through more tests once again and was told that she didn’t have a detached retina but retinoschisis with a very poor prognostic.

In light of the confusion, Maribel decided to go back to the two centres to confirm which disease she had: “Both repeated their diagnoses, so I had two different opinions that only had one thing in common: that I shouldn’t have surgery as it would mean I would lose my eyesight. My only opinion was to carry on with everyday life and look out for any changes so that action could be taken and I could be operated on urgently. However, I wasn’t willing to just stand back and wait to see what happened, knowing that I could irreversibly lose my eyesight at any time. If I was assured that the evolution could only go downhill, I didn’t understand why they didn’t take immediate action”.

Given her concern, she was told to visit the best retina experts for another opinion and to “break the deadlock”. As she explains, “I was sent to IMO, which was when I saw Dr Carlos Mateo who immediately gave me a very clear and precise diagnosis: I had a detached retina and needed surgery quickly. His determination gave me a great deal of confidence and he assured me that my case was not an unusual one (but actually quite common in myopic patients) and that I wouldn’t irreversibly lose my eyesight like I had been told in the other centres”. That was the first time that Maribel had a good night’s sleep since the process had begun, and as she says, the doctor was later proven right: her myopia only increase by half a dioptre after the surgery, which was perfectly correctable with glasses, whereas her retina was fully recovered. “IMO not only changed my diagnosis but also my life”, she concludes.

IMO Institute of Ocular Microsurgery

Josep María Lladó, 3
08035 Barcelona
Phone: (+34) 934 000 700
E-mail: international@imo.es
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By car

GPS navigator coordinates:
41º 24’ 38” N – 02º 07’ 29” E

Exit 7 of the Ronda de Dalt (mountain side). The clinic has a car park with more than 200 parking spaces.

By bus

Autobus H2: Rotonda de Bellesguard, parada 1540

Autobus 196: Josep Maria Lladó-Bellesguard, parada 3191

Autobuses H2, 123, 196: Ronda de Dalt – Bellesguard, parada 0071

IMO Madrid

C/ Valle de Pinares Llanos, 3
28035 Madrid
Phone: (+34) 910 783 783
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Public transport

Metro Lacoma (líne 7)
Autobuses:

  • Lines 49 & 64, stop “Senda del Infante”
  • Line N21, stop “Metro Lacoma”

Timetables

Patient care:
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

IMO Andorra

Av. de les Nacions Unides, 17
AD700 Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra
Phone: (+376) 688 55 44
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IMO Manresa

C/ Carrasco i Formiguera, 33 (Baixos)
08242 – Manresa
Tel: (+34) 938 749 160
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Public transport

FGC. Line R5 & R50 direction Manresa. Station/Stop: Baixador de Manresa

Timetables

Monday to Friday, 08:30 A.M – 13:30 PM / 15:00 PM – 20:00 PM

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