Aug
18
2010
Has anyone who have had cataract surgery have to go back in for a laser procedure to clear the lens?
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Question by lorac: Has anyone who have had cataract surgery have to go back in for a laser procedure to clear the lens?
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Answer by rams
yes, after surgery the docs often leave the postertior capsule of the lens intact, to support the vitreous and sometime that capsule develops cataract called, “after catarct” and to clear this u ve to undergo Nd yag laser therapy.
my grandpa underwent it 8yrs back
oh and by the way there is no lens left after the surgery only the capsule
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August 18th, 2010 at 4:43 am
This does happens sometimes and is attirbuted to poor surgical technique. The lens has a capsule, usually the capsule on the back of lens is kept intact in the eye and the rest of lens material and capsule part in front of lens is removed during cataract surgery. If some part of lens is left clinging to the back capsule then over time it may again cause cataract.
So a second surgery or laser may be required.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:29 am
The lens of the eye is encased in a capsule, like an M&M; when we do cataract surgery we take off the front shell and the inside of the shell but we leave behind the posterior shell (this is where the implant sits). Cells will sometimes collect on the posterior capsule and cause a haze. This happens in 40% of patient’s that have had cataract surgery!!!! It just happens. The laser procedure takes about 5 minutes to perform and is painless!!!