Cataracts Treatment Care

Question by Tim: Tell me more about secondary cataract, membrane and laser?

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Answer by princeidoc
a lot of people call this an “after-cataract” or say that their cataract “came back”. neither is particularly accurate IMO.

i call this “posterior iol opacification” (iol = intraocular lens), and its usually caused by your body growing new fibers and/or cells onto the backside of your artificial intraocular lens that was implanted during your cataract extraction procedure.

the “fix” is yag laser capsulotomy, an outpatient laser procedure that burns the cells/fibers off, or at least burns a hole in them. fast, easy, very successful, very low risk. something like 35% of all cataract extraction surgeries need this extra procedure later, so its really common.

the fact that “after cataracts” are removed with laser causes much confusion among patients. they think that you can have “laser” to remove cataracts, which is untrue. cataract extraction surgery is a “real” surgery with a scalpel, not a laser procedure. but removal of posterior iol opacities in a person who has already had cataract extraction is done with a yag laser as described above….

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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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Question by Patrick: how would you operate on a cataract using laser and how was it done in the old days?

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Answer by xox_bass_player_xox
In the old days, the doctor told you that you were going blind.

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question by Demi Lovato : cataract surgery: Will pain by injection into the eye before the laser surgery? best answer:

response princeidoc
Wow this is an interesting Frage.1) There is no “injection is in the eye for surgery cataract. topical (eye drops) only. No, they hurt dont2) cataract surgery is a laser. It is “laser cataract

request sheald : Is 67 years old man with enlargement of the heart may be subjected to laser treatment for their star? best answer: response Aziz
by all means.