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My cataract surgery was botched. Wrong prescription was implanted in my right eye & I needed to have a piggyback lens implanted, vision is still not perfect. I was supposed to see close with my left eye, but I still need glasses to see close. I could see much better before I had the cataract surgery, wish I had shopped around for a better surgeon.
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acc925 janice30449
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Wow! That's sad. That was one of my concerns prior to surgery. I asked my surgeon if he put in the wrong prescription could he take out the prosthetic lens and replace it with the proper prescription. He replied "Yes. We don't like to but we can." So, I was under the impression it could be done. I don't know if there's a time limit or the degree of difficulty.
rgCalifornia janice30449
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I'm very sorry to hear that. It can be difficult to find an especially experienced eye surgeon; for example, recommendations from friends and family isn't necessarily a good way to know, since most people only know their own experience. With surgery, high volume is usually good, since more experience usually means better judgement at what makes for a better outcome, and more chance of experience with how to fix an undesirable outcome. On the other hand, you want a surgeon who takes the time to understand your situation and doesn't rush into things, one who examines you directly and answers your questions.
One way to start might be to ask your family practice physician for names that have an excellent reputation in your area. Another would be to ask the ophthalmology department of a large teaching hospital, since they tend to see a lot of cases where things have gone wrong, and have experience in managing them.
softwaredev rgCalifornia
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If someone is in a large city, rather than starting with asking your 1 family practice physician, I'd suggest seeing if the local newspaper or a local magazine might do a "best doctors list" where the doctors are chosen by who other local doctors would go to for treatment. I figure a consensus of local doctors might be a better bet than merely 1 doctor's views.
rgCalifornia softwaredev
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That's terrific advice.
softwaredev janice30449
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I don't know if you mean they meant to insert lens power X and instead inserter lens power Y (which would mean it was botched), or if you merely mean the lens power wasn't correct, which may or may not be their fault. Unfortunately there is no exact way to determine the lens power someone requires. They use formulas based on your eye measurements to estimate the lens power based on statistics of the results of past surgeries, but not everyone matches those formulas. For most people they work well, but for some people the formulas give the wrong results, and any surgeon would have chosen the same wrong lens power. If the lens formulas indicated the wrong power for you, I would consider that an unfortunate result, but I wouldn't describe it as "botched" if no surgeon would have gotten the power right.
If you had monofocal lenses set for distance, which is what most people do, then you wouldn't be expected to see close without glasses. Many people who wish to be free of glasses get premium lenses. You would need monovision to see near with monofocals, i.e. one eye set to focus nearer in. However if the eye they intended set for near is the wrong power and isn't near enough then you could need glasses (or a piggyback lens in that eye, or a laser correction or contacts). Again if they tried for near vision and the near eye wasn't near enough, it may be that no surgeon would have been able to choose the right lens power in that case if the formulas are off. Again, I'd label that as an unfortunate result, but not "botched".
janice30449 softwaredev
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I was supposed to have monovision. My left eye was supposed to see close & the right for distance, I could not see out of the right eye at all, near vision was a blur & the distant vision was not clear either. I had to continue to complain that I could not see out of right eye, and I was getting pain in my eye from eye strain before they would acknowledge that there was a problem. I think someone else's lens was implanted in my right eye, I can read larger print out of my left eye, but to read a book I need glasses or need to hold the book at arms length.
agnes90839 janice30449
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leann_24923 janice30449
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Hi Janice I am sorry your surgery didn't go well. I was wondering what is a piggyback lense. I had laser surgery last week to get rid of the black cells that have regrow across my eyes. I still am having tons of black things going around even in the eye done 2 weeks ago. I can't see up close very good like to read etc. My eyes feel strained because one is st farther away than the other one. He said I would always have to have glasses but I am having a really hard time to get a prescription that will fit at all. Good luck
rgCalifornia leann_24923
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ihavenonickname janice30449
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I heartily suggest you see the eye department of the medical school of the best university you can travel to because:
they are current on research
they can reach out to specialists all over the world for consults
your surgeon will be a professor
University of Illinois at Chicago Eye Research Institute built by Lions Clubs International who are the most well known organization in the front lines for vision...or a place just as prestigious
So is revision surgery possible...theoretically, yes
Hold on to your hope
kind regards
,judith
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