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After 5 years I got Symfony Explanted.

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soks
soks

After 5 years I got Symfony Explanted.

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  • Bookwoman
    Bookwoman soks

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    I hope you're much happier now. And what did you get in its place?

  • julie66167
    julie66167 soks

    Posted

    Thank you for sharing your happy outcome. You have been brave.

    • soks
      soks julie66167

      Posted

      it certainly shouldnt be taken lightly. my capsule was completely fibrosed. because of the other eye i knew panoptix would work for the lens edge glare.

  • RonAKA
    RonAKA soks

    Posted

    Wishing you the best outcome with the new lenses!

    • soks
      soks RonAKA

      Posted

      thanks ron. i believe this is the end of this nightmare for me. i will end up with 0.75 cylinder in both eyes and it does distort vision to needs glasses and more so at night. light artifacts are exaggerated. astigmatism glasses do fix it though.

  • trilemma
    trilemma soks

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    What does PD mean in this context? Maybe pincushion distortion?

    Is the thought that the Symfony caused that?

  • Guest
    Guest soks

    Posted

    Wow. 5 years! Amazing. Did you have a hard time finding a surgeon willing to do that?

    • soks
      soks Guest

      Posted

      not so much finding as i went to the best. hard time convincing and explaining what my issues were.

      my original surgeon said he will try to do it but if it is still stuck he will let it remain there. his optometrist said she has seen any explant case done after this long so decided to not go with him.

      other famos doctors just wanted do my unoperated eye and were less interested in symfony issues.

    • Guest
      Guest soks

      Edited

      Very brave of you to do that. AND go with another multifocal. Interesting detail that it sounds like there's an option to back off mid-surgery if the dissection (get lens un-stuck from the bag) doesn't seem like it's going to work. Very happy it seems to have solved your issues. Wow. Amazing. So great.

  • soks
    soks

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    i this case the corneal edema lasted for about 8 hours. i had poor visual acuity for 48 hours after surgery. then all distances cleared up. the surgeon also cleared the PCO by polishing the capsule. so it feels just like immediately after the cataract surgery for the first time.

    • Guest
      Guest soks

      Posted

      I came here to ask about the PCO… i.e. if you were going to finally do the YAG now that you got the lens exchanged. And I was actually wondering if it's possible during an exchange to polish the PCO away while you're at it… which is what you're saying the surgeon did right? Absolutely incredible! And encouraging for anyone considering a late stage exchange.

    • soks
      soks Guest

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      he polished the PCO away. he said he would do that but that wont remove it completely. even day after surgery he said we will yag in a month which will make acuity better. but i dont think i need it. the acuity got resolved in a day. the vision is clear. the only thing it may improve is night time stop lights. they look scattered with both eyes. i have posted a pic that wong took of my PCO here in some thread.

    • Guest
      Guest soks

      Posted

      It's still incredible to me that you can do polishing to reduce PCO after the fact! And not only after the fact but FIVE YEARS after the original surgery! Amazing really. That said it sounds like you're at the end of the road now with that eye (in a good way) so if you do need YAG or decide on YAG it's ok now.

    • soks
      soks Guest

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      yes end of the road for both eyes. i will need yag. probably in a years time. since he guarantees no pitting i will go to him

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