Dec
13
2011
Can my eyesight be corrected?
Posted by: in Cataract Surgery, tags: corrected, Eyesight.Question by your not cool.: Can my eyesight be corrected?
I’ve never been able to clearly see out of my left eye. I was born with a cataract having it fixed as a baby, then I had a muscle tightened in my eye at 6, retina detachment at 9, and a tube put in at 14 due to high pressure in my eye. I can see only about a 20/400 out of that eye and 20/20 out of the other. I was wondering if LASIK or any other corrective surgery could improve my eye sight?
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Answer by albie
That eye cannot be corrected with LASIK since it never developed.
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December 13th, 2011 at 11:57 pm
It is likely that if you had cataract surgery as a baby, they just removed your lens and did not replace it with another. Your eye was still growing and it would have been very difficult to make an implant work. As a result, you have never had clear vision in that eye and probably have amblyopia. The surgery that would be most appropriate would be to put a lens implant in now. However you probably still would not see well due to your amblyopia. It would also be very risky due to your glaucoma and retina detachment. Here are some things to check out to understand your condition better:
amblyopia
aphakia