Having previously undergone LASIK will make the outcome of your cataract surgery less predictable than cataract surgeries in patients who have not previously had vision correction surgery. Because of this added challenge, your doctor will take extra steps during pre-operative planning to evaluate your eyes and recommend the best intraocular lens IOL and prescription for your individual circumstances. To create the best cataract treatment plan possible, your doctor will ideally need:.
The pre-LASIK information will tell your doctor about your original vision and the natural curvature of your cornea. This information is important in helping your doctor determine the correct IOL prescription for your cataract lens replacement.
LASIK and other vision correction procedures change the shape of your cornea. This alternation makes determining the correct cataract IOL prescription more difficult — though not impossible. When the lens becomes cloudy, it is called a cataract. Cataract surgery involves removing the clouded lens and replacing it with a plastic lens implant. The replacement lens sits in the same place as your natural lens and becomes part of your eye. The artificial lens placed during cataract surgery is designed to provide vision correction to replace eyeglasses as well as the removed cataract.
For people who have not had LASIK or other types of corneal refractive surgery, vision correction with cataract surgery is usually straightforward, and the outcome is quite predictable. The surgeon takes measurements of the eye before surgery to help determine the correct lens power to implant. After cataract surgery, many people have clear distance vision without glasses, although most still need glasses for close-up work or reading.
For people like you who have had LASIK surgery, providing the appropriate lens implant for cataract surgery takes additional calculations to determine the correct lens power. Since cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world, and you now know that they can develop after LASIK, visiting your eye doctor for regular check-ups remains imperative to your eye health for the long term. If you want to see if you are eligible for LASIK, need a cataract exam, or want to come in for an annual eye exam, contact us!
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Robert R. McCulloch, M. Jonathan J. Levin, M. Normally, the natural lens is clear, but when it develops a cataract, it becomes opaque or cloudy. During surgery, the natural lens is removed and replaced with an artificial intraocular lens IOL to restore clear vision. Some individuals who choose to undergo LASIK will need to have cataract surgery later in life, as the eye condition typically occurs among older adults. However, this is becoming less common thanks to advances in IOL technology.
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