Retinal detachment after cataract surgery?
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I read a lot about the subject and it seems that cataract surgery substantially increases the risk of developing retinal detachment in the following years. The chances are especially high if you have high myopia, and are yet higher if you are less than 50 years old and male. Say, the chances may be around 10% over the following 10 years, although this is an approximation. I was wondering if anyone in this forum experienced it, or heard a similar story.
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soks vasily48550
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RD risk high for high myopes.
RD risk high for males less than 50 after a YAG.
RonAKA vasily48550
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I don't know much about the risk of the cataract surgery itself. The higher risk is when you have PCO corrected with the YAG laser process. I recall that risk is in the 1% range.
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I developed PVD about 11 months after surgery, but I suspect it was related to my age (72), and not the surgery itself.
rwbil vasily48550
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I got floaters after cataract surgery, which is one reason I go MAD when people talk about doing a clear lens exchange. Cutting into your eye has more risk than just replacing the lens.
lucy24197 vasily48550
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I wonder if the gender/age variant is partially due to lifestyle for younger men? Seems like they are more likely to be involved in contact sports. Don't know if there's a relationship between impacts and RD, but it seems logical that rough and tumble activities would put strain on the eye.
soks lucy24197
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it has to do with the thickness of the vitreous.
lucy24197 soks
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That's fascinating. Wonder why that is? And does thicker/thinner vitreous have an effect on vision? Facinating stuff, this eye science.
soks lucy24197
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vitreous is thicker in younger patients. my mother has yag at 48 and got a RD. but this was in 94.