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Yes, LASIK can be used to "fine tune" the results of cataract surgery with lens implants. This is best performed after the eye has stabilized and after YAG laser capsulotomy if it is required. It is especially valuable to have LASIK after the newer implants that are multifocal such as the Alcon Restore lens, so that the special optics will work properly.
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What type of lens implant is best to replace cataracts?
lasik surgery
Is Lasik the only corrective eye surgery available?
"Lasik is not the only corrective eye surgery available, but it is one of the most common. Other procedures exist for treating cataracts. Some people are candidates for having lens replacement surgeries which do not use lasers at all."
Who is a candidate for lens replacement surgery?
Lens replacement surgery is typically recommended for patients who are experiencing vision problems due to cataracts or other refractive errors, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. The procedure is also commonly performed on patients who are not eligible for LASIK surgery or other vision correction procedures.
What is used to treat cataracts?
Surgery can remove cataracts. The affected lens is removed and replaced with a permanent synthetic lens called an intraocular lens.
What is the side effect of laser surgery on cataract?
Laser eye surgery is performed on the cornea or outer surface of the eye. Cataracts develop on the lens which is inside of the eye, behind the colored part of the eye (the iris) and the pupil. If you have a cataract now, you will want to first get it removed before having laser vision surgery. If you don't have cataracts now and want to have LASIK, go right ahead. Know that having LASIK won't prevent you from developing cataracts in the future, though. The good news is that having LASIK won't prevent you from having successful cataract surgery in the future either. Hope that helps!
How does LASIK surgery affect cataract surgery?
If someone has already had successful cataract surgery and requires LASIK to improve myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) or astigmatism, the LASIK procedure would reshape the front of the cornea and should not adversely affect the prior cataract removal and lens implant surgery if LASIK is done after the eye has completely healed from cataract surgery. However, for someone who has previously had LASIK and is now considering cataract surgery, it is not so simple. LASIK reshapes the cornea and corneal measurements are used to calculate the intraocular lens used to replace the cataract. Unfortunately, the calculations currently used do not work as well after LASIK (or other refractive surgery). So, anyone who has previously had corneal refractive surgery prior to cataract surgery may need it again after cataract surgery. For further questions, you should ask your surgeon.
Can you get cataracts again after surgery removed cataract and replaced lens?
yes
What are the different aids for human eye?
Glasses, contact lens, lasik surgery
What is pseudophakic?
When an eye is pseudophakic, the natural lens has been surgically removed and replaced by an artificial lens - an implant. These days the implant procedure is undertaken as soon as the opaque lens (cataract) is removed. Before this combined procedure became widely popular, with the introduction of artificial lenses, the natural lens was removed and the vision was corrected with spectacles and contact lenses- the eye being known as aphakic. *Please read senile cataracts, traumatic cataracts and congenital cataracts.
What is covered by insurance for cataract surgery with Toric lens implant?
Is toric lens astigmatism covered by insurance
How can be cured cataract?
Cataracts are usually treated through cataract surgery if other methods of vision improvement have failed. Cataract surgery is typically an outpatient surgical procedure and is usually very successful in restoring vision.
What is an eye implant?
A small, plastic device (IOL) that is usually implanted in the lens capsule of the eye to correct vision after the lens of the eye is removed. This is the implant is used in cataract surgery.
