Cataracts - Anyone Help Please
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Simpo Two said:
968 said:
Sounds like she had normal tension glaucoma or perhaps another acquired optic neuropathy, which is unfortunate. The cataract surgery will have made no difference to her as her visual problems are due to the transmission of signals from retina to brain, rather than light focusing.
Indeed. And of course she keeps seeing TV adverts saying 'sight fixed for £399' and each time I have to explain to her it wouldn't work in her case. Heartbreaking really. Anyway, sorry OP for butting in, I'll now butt back out.
968 said:
RupertTheFridge said:
968 said:
Hi, I've done probably more than 400 cataract operations.
Yes it can be done under local anaesthetic, the vast majority of our cases are, however, if a patient is particularly twitchy or reticent, we can do the op under general anaesthetic, although with the attendant risks of an anaesthetic.
The op is quick (about 10-15minutes, in my hands) and pain free. It's a day case and has a very high success rate (approx 97% patients get fantastic vision post op). Any specific questions feel free to email me.
PH never ceases to amaze me, an Opthalmic Surgeon on demand, well cool.Yes it can be done under local anaesthetic, the vast majority of our cases are, however, if a patient is particularly twitchy or reticent, we can do the op under general anaesthetic, although with the attendant risks of an anaesthetic.
The op is quick (about 10-15minutes, in my hands) and pain free. It's a day case and has a very high success rate (approx 97% patients get fantastic vision post op). Any specific questions feel free to email me.
Cheers for the reassurance. The only thing thats getting me worked up a bit is the local anaesthetic, just the mental thought of some messing with my eyes whilst I'm awake has me twitchy.
Is it safe so say that the patient feels no part of this operation, and presumably vision during the operation is none existant?
With regard to cataract treatment centers, I'm a bit dubious to be honest. We've had that foisted upon us by South African companies like Netcare, who did little more than was done at most NHS units, and moreover they didn't deal with non-routine cases or any of the complications they induced. It's far better to have a holistic approach from a good local eye unit than have it done in the back of a lorry by some surgeons who are in town for a brief time only.
So from you said & what they have said, it sounds pretty routine.
RupertTheFridge said:
Cheers mate, i have been told that they intend to make a small 1mm incision at the side of the eye, take a slice of the lens & remove all the bits of debrie from around the lens.
So from you said & what they have said, it sounds pretty routine.
Nearly! We make 2 small incisions into the eye. Most people use a 2.8mm incision, but some centers are using 1mm incisions, in a slightly newer technique. The lens is then got at, by making a circular hole in its front surface, then the lens is separated from inside the bag which holds it and then broken into pieces, within the bag, and those pieces are sucked out with an instrument within the eye. Once all the debris has been removed, a new plastic lens is placed inside the bag which used to hold the lens, and it unfolds within the bag. Sounds easy, and most often is, but it's fiddly and inside a space of only a few millimeters. Has a very very high success rate, due to well trained surgeons.So from you said & what they have said, it sounds pretty routine.
968 said:
RupertTheFridge said:
Cheers mate, i have been told that they intend to make a small 1mm incision at the side of the eye, take a slice of the lens & remove all the bits of debrie from around the lens.
So from you said & what they have said, it sounds pretty routine.
Nearly! We make 2 small incisions into the eye. Most people use a 2.8mm incision, but some centers are using 1mm incisions, in a slightly newer technique. The lens is then got at, by making a circular hole in its front surface, then the lens is separated from inside the bag which holds it and then broken into pieces, within the bag, and those pieces are sucked out with an instrument within the eye. Once all the debris has been removed, a new plastic lens is placed inside the bag which used to hold the lens, and it unfolds within the bag. Sounds easy, and most often is, but it's fiddly and inside a space of only a few millimeters. Has a very very high success rate, due to well trained surgeons.So from you said & what they have said, it sounds pretty routine.
Missus had both hers done last year @ 44. Had to have them redone due to scarring forming but had that lasered away and now (touch wood) has perfect sight. Worst thing about the procedure is the video
you watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
you watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
V41LEY said:
Missus had both hers done last year @ 44. Had to have them redone due to scarring forming but had that lasered away and now (touch wood) has perfect sight. Worst thing about the procedure is the video
you watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
Thanks .............................. i thinkyou watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
RupertTheFridge said:
V41LEY said:
Missus had both hers done last year @ 44. Had to have them redone due to scarring forming but had that lasered away and now (touch wood) has perfect sight. Worst thing about the procedure is the video
you watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
Thanks .............................. i thinkyou watch in the waiting romm about what a cataract operation entails !! Somethings are best left untold if you are of a squeamish disposition.
With regards to Leicester, I hear they are a good unit and have a colleague who used to work there and speaks highly of it. I'm sure you'll be fine.
mybrainhurts said:
RupertTheFridge said:
Cataracts - Anyone Help Please
You need a canoe....
subtle 
I remember alot of years ago Blue Peter did the 'ol save milk bottle tops (or some such like) and they'd make enough money for Cateracts operations in African Villages.
As each Op cost 99p or suchlike They'd be able to save numerous amounts of people.
968 this isn't a dig at you whatsoever but could they have done those Operations so cheap?
This was the late 80's BTW
Edited by WestYorkie on Friday 9th January 01:19
whitechief said:
F i F said:
dmitsi said:
If you're lucky you'll get a pretty healthcare assistant holding your hand for the op.
Yeah but even though I had my face firmly wedged into the ample chesticle regions of one during a sigmoidoscopy it didn't stop it smarting a tad.:wibble:
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