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t experienceing any vision problems in this eye prior to the laser retinopexy procedure, as the tear was detected during my annual eye exam by an eye physician. It should be noted that this was my "good eye" prior to the procedure, as it was rated better in the vision test over the other eye. After the laser retinopexy procedure, I have experienced wavy lines at the center of my vision of the repaired eye that won't go away.

I had cateract surgery about two years ago. My left eye is ok but my right eye has lost some vision. My eye doctor told me today that I could have my right eye lasered. Do you know what this procedure involves? Thank you.

(1) Would capsulotomy tend to decrease refraction within the eye (increase focal length) and thereby reduce the amount of negative correction presently needed? (2) Would you suggest that I undergo surgery on the left eye in the near future and defer it for the right one -- or, would you suggest that surgery be performed on both eyes in the near future during one session? Postscript: Overall, I believe that monovision was a good choice.

My surgeon used the LenSX for cataract surgery in my left eye last month. These are the only things I can tell you.... The actual surgery was uneventful. As soon as the pupil came back to normal size I had to keep reminding myself I had had surgery. Never any pain, dryness, scratchiness, but maybe it would have been the same regardless. In the one week follow-up the optometrist noted that the incision where they removed the cataract had a nice clean perfect edge. Does that matter?

On January 3, 2012, I had to go through the YAG laser procedure to get rid of the scar tissue from the cataract surgery in my left eye. Since the first YAG procedure in January, I have gone through this procedure two more times, January 17, and February 14, 2012. I have been looking for information on this and I cannot seem to find it. What I need to know is how many times does a person have to undergo YAG laser before it finally causes damage to the eye, more specifically the retina?

Absolutely not! ICL is surgery INSIDE the eye thus risk of infection, bleeding, small risk loss of eye. Also ICL has been associated with cataract formation and cornea damage. LASIK is much safer. HOWEVER there is a new procedure that may be better than either one and it's called the SMILE procedure (Small intrastromal lenticule extraction). Find a surgeon that does that procedure and get a consult.

For an in-office laser procedure your eye should have been numbed with drops prior to the actual procedure.

I just had cataract surgery on the ALT eye done mid-September. One note of caution, if and when you get cataract surgery, consider going with a mono-focal instead of a premium multi-focal lens. I have a premium ReStor lens and regret it. Also, there is some thought by some (not all) doctors that a premium lens is not a good idea if you have glaucoma.

My eye doctor says i need yag laser treatment to correct cloudiness in my right eye. he said it is an easy procedure. I guess my question is that I am worried that this cloudiness could come back months or years after treatment. I was surprised to have this problem after cateract surgery which I had about 3 years ago.

Hi! I'm 16 years old. I got minus 11 power in my both eyes. Can I undergo a laser surgery to reduce power before 21 years?? If not, then is there any alternative way?

Hi ValveJob, just wanted to comment on your potential cataract surgery. As a fellow myope who's axial lengths are also over 30mm, I've read a lot about the difficulty of cataract surgery for patients like us. I can't remember if I've commented before on this, but wanted to make sure you are aware of the option in cataract surgery between 'traditional' methods of cataract extraction and the 'laser' method.

This happened to my father. He has a cataract ready for removal, and the doctor also thinks he has an epiretinal membrane (ERM), which is a tissue layer growing across the retina at the back of the eye. It's in a totally different part of the eye than a cataract, which is clouding of the natural lens inside the eye (toward the front of the eye). Both the cataract and the ERM can cause visual blurring.

Robotic surgery is a wholly different deal. It has been proven for many procedures like prostate and brain surgery.

What are the side affects of laser surgery to fix a torn retina? or have anyone experienced any other eye problems following the procedure?

I just had Retinal Laser surgery in both eyes. I was given numbing drops in both eyes as well as an injection of numbing meds. Certain areas of my eye during treatment were absolutely unbearable. My Dr. said in so many words I was crazy as "there are no nerve receptors in the eye". We actually argued about it because he simply didn't believe I truly had any pain. As the procedure continued, he lowered the power/strength on the laser, I noticed it completely lessoned the pain.

Hi again, Well I have now had my procedure on both eyes and is was a little like electrodes going through my eyes! The surgeon performed the procedure at 12 o clock - his response to me was 3 o clock and 9 o clock are very old fashioned positions! I obviously dont have the expertise to discuss with him but I did ask and am worried I will now having this arching you mentioned but now the procedure is complete on both eyes and I have to live in hope they both were successful.

I have had floaters all of my life. I was extremely myopic, as a matter of fact, I was almost blind! My eyeglasses were thick as Coke bottles bottoms. Then I was diagnosed with cataracts. I had the surgery done, but first I had some laser surgery to fix my retinas (I don't even remember what the problem was) but, anyways, about 8 months after the cataract removal, I started losing vision on my right eye, like overnight. It was scary. But I had Yag laser (didn't hurt) and I was fine.

My wife had eye surgery for the removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule with laser. The opthamologist did one follow up exam the next day. Two months later my wife woke up and couldn't see out of that eye. The same doctor examined her again and diagnosed a detached retina. After multiple procedures since, she has regained some but not all of the vision she enjoyed before the first surgery. Is only one follow up visit after this procedure the usual standard of care?

What is strange is that I experienced streaking in the first eye a couple of days after surgery but it went away after a few days and has not returned. I was extremely myopic, -12.5 and -18.25 diopters, before surgery. The eye which was -12.5 diopters before surgery is the one in which I am experiencing streaking and halos. I am at about two months post surgery and neither the streaking nor halos have gone away yet.

I then had the Scleral Buckling procedure done. Last week I had catarct surgery in my left eye. Now I am recovering post surgery and I feel the left eye is a lot clearer than the right eye, as the latter has a perpetual blur but has reasonable vision, Now i can read with my right eye without glasses, but cannot read with the left eye without glasses. Distance vision is good in the left eye, but not so in the right eye.

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