The eye s cloudy natural lens must be removed and replaced with an artificial one known as an intraocular lens or iol.
Light flare after cataract surgery.
People who ve had cataract surgery may develop a secondary cataract.
Which comes as a side effect of the after image from the microscope light during surgery.
About 6 weeks ago i had cataract surgery 2 weeks apart on both eyes.
If you have cataracts in both eyes your doctor usually schedules the second surgery after the first eye has healed.
Glare can interfere with vision especially when driving facing the sun looking across a snow covered surface or a beach on a sunny day.
Almost immediately following surgery both eyes became very sensitive to light esp.
Some people have problems with their vision when it is sunny and when light is reflected from objects.
The doctor says it will go away.
Even when i stopped doing cataract surgery and after more modern and safer procedures were adopted i would rarely if ever seriously.
Your doctor uses a laser to create a hole in the back of the lens capsule.
I had a vitrectomy in my left eye in march and cataract surgery oct 10.
Halos and glare after cataract surgery can be caused by many factors.
Linear flares after cataract surgery rads82 a few weeks after iol implantation i began to see light flares around point light sources first at night now during the day.
But the outcome of the vitrectomy was fabulous and since the cataract surgery i have awful shadows glare halos etc etc.
I too thought the cataract surgery would be a piece of cake especially compared to the vitrectomy.
During these consultations many people with cataracts were dismayed to learn that surgery is their only option for restoring sight.
To fix it you need a procedure called yag laser capsulotomy.
Surgery can cause posterior vitreous detachment where the vitreous separates from the retina.
Anterior chamber cells and flare can be expected after cataract surgery.
This is usually between one and three months after surgery.
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