Cateract Surgery?

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My mom needs cateract surgery. I’ll need it someday soon, maybe in the next 18 months. But right now can anyone direct me to a site that explains the proceedure and any potential problems? On avg what are the followup schedule? I’m told day after than in about a week after. Is that correct? Thanks… — -JD- ) ) ) jdenn…@pobox.com John W Denning ( ( ( http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning Idaho Falls, ID ) ) ) (208)522-4413 JD’s UnderWater Photo Course – http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning/uwpc.html

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John: Hi! I had cataract surgery with lens replacement about four years ago. The whole procedure takes about an hour. They tape a plastic cup over your eye for the first few nights, just so you don’t inadvertently scratch it during the night. My surgery was done at noon; at 10:00 the following morning the Ophthalmologist took off the small bandage and I could see better than I had in years! He advised me: Don’t swim for a couple of days. Use the plastic cup over the eye at night for four or five days. Squirt in a little antibiotic ointment twice a day. And come back in a week. It was a very simple procedure (from my point of view). No pain, no problems. I will probably have my other eye done in a few years. Nothing to worry about. They now do about 1,000,000 of these every year. Good luck to your mother (and to you)! earle — In article <jdenning-ya02408000R1806981509110…@news.micron.net>, jdenn…@pobox.com (John W. Denning) wrote: >My mom needs cateract surgery. I’ll need it someday soon, maybe in the next >18 months. But right now can anyone direct me to a site that explains the >proceedure and any potential problems? >On avg what are the followup schedule? I’m told day after than in about a >week after. Is that correct? >Thanks… >– > -JD- ) ) ) jdenn…@pobox.com > John W Denning ( ( ( http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning > Idaho Falls, ID ) ) ) (208)522-4413 > JD’s UnderWater Photo Course – http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning/uwpc.html

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In article <1998062004023000.AAA02…@ladder03.news.aol.com>, eyegu…@aol.com (EyeGuyRC) wrote: > Hope this info will be useful to readers…Please write with any additional > questions

Very useful thank you very much. — -JD- ) ) ) jdenn…@pobox.com John W Denning ( ( ( http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning Idaho Falls, ID ) ) ) (208)522-4413 JD’s UnderWater Photo Course – http://www.pobox.com/~jdenning/uwpc.html

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While I have trained as a glaucoma specialist, I practice general ophthalmology most of the time. I perform between 8-20 cataract surgeries per week in my practice in Orlando, FL. Modern-day cataract surgery is performed with ultrasound (NOT laser), which is used to dissolve the cloudy lens material. The surgery is performed under local anesthesia and is not painful for the patient. Most surgeons operate in outpatient surgical centers, and the patients come and go in the same day, with less than 3 hours between arrival and departure from the center. The surgery takes less than 20 minutes, and the patient must be able to lay flat. The incision is made through, or just behind the cornea. After the lens is removed, a lens implant is inserted into the eye, which stays in place for life. The implant takes away the need for the old-style thick "cataract glasses." Small incisions are "self-sealing," and don’t require any stitches! Every doctor is different regarding their postoperative regimen, but most require the use of at least two types of drops (an antibiotic and a steroid) for several weeks after surgery. I place few physical limitations on my patients: no swimming or head-jarring activity (like aerobics) for 1 week, but I do allow walking, cycling, and golfing. Patients may go to work or drive 1-2 days after surgery. I ask patients to sleep with a shield over the eye for 1 week to avoid pressure on the eye from the pillow. If cataracts are present in both eyes, I will separate surgeries by about two weeks. I usually see the patient the day after and one week after surgery. Final glasses (if necessary) are prescribed 2-3 weeks after the second eye is done. That’s it in a nutshell. Ocular hypertensive patients, or those with mild glaucoma may find improved intraocular pressure control after surgery, often reducing the number of preoperative glaucoma drops. Those with more severe glaucoma, requiring possible combined cataract/filtration surgery often experience slower visual recovery and require more frequent office visits for monitoring the status of the pressure and the optic nerve. Hope this info will be useful to readers…Please write with any additional questions Rick Cohn, MD eyegu…@aol.com

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