“What are the disadvantages of cataract surgery?”
I am a 52 year old male. I want to know what are the disadvantages of cataract surgery?
4 Answers
Most of the time the advantages are greater than the disadvantages. Cases where is there is potential for retinal detachment, persona who have waited too long and have severe glaucoma and other uncontrolled diseases are examples. Over mature cataracts can cause glaucoma and further loss of vision. Hope that helps.
Jason Randall Smith
Optometrist
If you have been advised that your cataracts need to be removed, here are a few things to be aware of. The lens of the eye can become cloudy as we age. Cataracts can also be affected by those people who have diabetes, people who have breathing problems (asthma) or inflammation and need to be on steroids, and those people who have been exposed to the sun and excessive UV light, to name a few reasons besides age as to why we all get cataracts.
Once the cloudy lens is removed and a UV protective implant is placed into your eye, you should see much better. And if you are considering this surgery, please discuss all of the visual options available with the implants. This would include distance implants where you would still need reading glasses, progressive implants, and monovision.
There are certainly risks with any surgery and some complicating factors can be medical conditions and age. In the vast majority of cases the operation is
a success and vision improves immediately. In a small number of cases complications occur, but these are all uncommon and can usually be treated.
However, on rare occasions they are serious enough to cause permanent visual problems.
Some visual complications that can occur include;
Posterior Capsule Rupture/Vitreous loss; due to the nature of cataract
surgery, the posterior capsule tears and can occur at any point during the
operation, Cystoid Macular Edema, Endophthalmitis, Vitreous/Suprachoroidal
Hemorrhage and Retinal Tears or Detachments.
If you have any questions, all of this information should be discussed with your eye doctor/ophthalmologist who would be doing the surgery. You will have to sign an informed consent form that you are aware of all the risks.
Again, under most circumstances and in the hands of a good surgeon, cataract surgery should be a risk-free, but not risk-proof procedure. Good luck and best wishes.
Lens Dislocation.
Once the cloudy lens is removed and a UV protective implant is placed into your eye, you should see much better. And if you are considering this surgery, please discuss all of the visual options available with the implants. This would include distance implants where you would still need reading glasses, progressive implants, and monovision.
There are certainly risks with any surgery and some complicating factors can be medical conditions and age. In the vast majority of cases the operation is
a success and vision improves immediately. In a small number of cases complications occur, but these are all uncommon and can usually be treated.
However, on rare occasions they are serious enough to cause permanent visual problems.
Some visual complications that can occur include;
Posterior Capsule Rupture/Vitreous loss; due to the nature of cataract
surgery, the posterior capsule tears and can occur at any point during the
operation, Cystoid Macular Edema, Endophthalmitis, Vitreous/Suprachoroidal
Hemorrhage and Retinal Tears or Detachments.
If you have any questions, all of this information should be discussed with your eye doctor/ophthalmologist who would be doing the surgery. You will have to sign an informed consent form that you are aware of all the risks.
Again, under most circumstances and in the hands of a good surgeon, cataract surgery should be a risk-free, but not risk-proof procedure. Good luck and best wishes.
Lens Dislocation.
There are risks involved with any surgery, but the benefits in the case of cataract surgery outweigh the risks. If the cataracts are ready to be removed then it should be done. If left to mature they can eventually cause loss of vision.
No disadvantages
