Intraocular lens is an implanted lens used to replace the crystalline lens (it is the transparent skin in the eye that helps to refract light to be focused on the retina) in our eyes. But doing so, in cataract surgery, risk in the eye occurs.
Risk of Intraocular lens surgery
Things needed to understand about the risk of Intraocular lens surgery
The first and very common among these risk of intraocular lens are infections. After the surgery, minor infections usually arises and be treated by antibiotics prescribe by doctors. Usually you get an irritation or dirt that causes the infection. Do not drink any antibiotics or use any drops to lessen the infections in your eye. Consult a doctor to make sure that the remedy given to you is appropriate and not to deteriorate more the infection.
The second common risk of intraocular lens is inflammation of Cornea which occurs after the surgery and affects most intraocular lens patience especially when he is experiencing a post-operative corneal edema such as endothelial cell loss. If the persons’ cornea is healthy after the surgery, he will be in good condition after a few days. You can also consult your doctor to provide a medication and to avoid swelling. You need to be extra careful and take note of this risk.
The third common risk of intraocular lens is loosing of the lens or retinal detachment. This happens when a fluid or retinal tear seep behind retina during intraocular surgery. The patient experiences floater in his vision and a full visual recovery may wait to see if the condition improves on its own or need to be repaired by retinal specialist.
The Fourth common risk of intraocular lens is the night time halo, which happens after the intraocular surgery. This is where the patient experiences “black sight” or nothing to see after the surgery. This is normal to people especially patients who undergo intraocular procedure. The doctors will give some medication or put some “jelly-like” substance and in a long run, your eyesight will be back to normal.
The Fifth common risk of intraocular lens is lens rotation or intraocular decantation. This usually happens after the surgery to patients with weak zonular structure for keeping the lens or if the lens was not properly placed by the surgeon, and or when the patients experience or suffers trauma during the surgery.
Summary
We have to understand the risk of intraocular lens. We should not blame everything to the doctors’ negligence, although it is a factor. You need to seek attention immediately before it’s too late. Everything that will happen, or might happen in a certain surgery, major or minor surgery, also depends on the patients’ body and how his body will react.
Complications of Intraocular lens surgery
Sometimes without knowing it, a complication arises without the doctor knowing it. It may be due to his other sickness such as hypertension, trauma and etc. We have to be honest in telling the doctor your history before you undergo a surgery to avoid miscalculations or other risk in doing intraocular lens surgery.