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