What would you do? Please help me with your opinions
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I have a small cataract in one eye, with very good near vision, good intermediate and regular to bad far vision. Due to retinal problems I have got in that eye, if I undergo cataracts surgery, I run the risk of a macular hole. One doctor said it would be better to do the cataracts surgery now, meanwhile it's a small one, because it's less traumatizing for the eye and in consequence, the risk is not so big as if the eye has a hard and big cataracts. Nevertheless the risk is high. Another doctor said I should wait in order to avoid that risk now, and when the cataracts becomes big and the moment comes, to do both the cataracts surgery and a Vitrectomy.
The Vitrectomy is the surgery that doctors do to treat a macular hole, and it's the surgery I would like to avoid. It's almost impossible to know whether I would need a cataracts surgery in 8 months or in 8 years. In my other eye, the one I have already had cataracts surgery, my cataracts developed in about 4 years.
Looking forward to your answers
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Dave13852 jenny85741
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Jenny try posting on the Cataract board which appears to be a little more active with knowledgable people responding.
I have a macular pucker (epiretinal membrane) that could turn into a macular hole and also need cataract surgery probably in the next year or so. The retina specialist advised to get the cataract surgery first and then he will scrape the membrane to remove the wrinkle if necessary after the cataract removable.